The city of Yellowknife has been mostly evacuated.
Smoke from the McDougall Creek wildfire fills the air and nearly blocks out the sun as people take in the view of Okanagan Lake from Tugboat Beach, in Kelowna, British Columbia
Officials in the Northwest Territories said that about 19,000 people had left Yellowknife in less than 48 hours, with about 15,000 driving out in convoys and 3,800 leaving on emergency flights. A grocery store and a pharmacy remained open on Friday but were expected to close. The last petrol station still operating shut down in the afternoon. One bar was still open, drawing exhausted workers at the end of long shifts.RCMP officers man a roadblock after helping to evacuate the Wilden neighbourhood near Knox Mountain
Premier David Eby declared a state of emergency for the province because of the rapidly evolving wildfire situation. Officials in West Kelowna already ordered people to evacuate 2,400 properties and alerted an additional 4,800 properties to be ready to leave. The BC Wildfire Service said the fire stretched over 68 square kilometres .No casualties had been reported, but some first responders became trapped while rescuing people who failed to evacuate, said Jason Brolund, chief of the West Kelowna fire department.
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