Everyone has to be out by Friday at noon MDT. At least 5000 evacuees will arrive in #yyc. Flights start at 1 pm Thursday. Yellowknife Hospital is closing units and negotiating medivac flights with SK, AB, and BC… whoever can take patients.
The mayor of #Yellowknife has handed control of the city to the NWT government.
My heart goes out to everyone up north.
N.W.T. officials order phased evacuation of Yellowknife as wildfire nears city | CTV News
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/yellowknife-ordered-to-evacuate-as-wildfires-approach-city-1.6522623