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   Chad :CApride: :mstdn: (chad@mstdn.ca)'s status on Friday, 18-Aug-2023 00:08:49 JST Chad :CApride: :mstdn:

   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

   #NWT #nwtfires

   https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/yellowknife-ordered-to-evacuate-as-wildfires-approach-city-1.6522623

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     Chad :CApride: :mstdn: (chad@mstdn.ca)'s status on Friday, 18-Aug-2023 00:08:48 JST Chad :CApride: :mstdn:

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     For folks not familiar, it's a 15-hour drive (if you're lucky) from #Yellowknife to St. Albert, just outside of Edmonton, where the closest reception centre is.

     It's trees for hundreds of kilometres.

     #NWT #NWTFires #yeg #t8n

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     Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 18-Aug-2023 00:11:08 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

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     @chad I always wanted to drive up there (I like it remote). This is such a tragedy—I’m hoping everyone can make it out safely and that damage will be minimal. 😢