Montreal
"We are all tired of hearing about an unprecedented situation. Unfortunately, that's the only right word," tweeted Caroline Cochrane, premier of the Northwest Territories (NWT), as 236 fires devastated Friday.
Residents of the provincial capital, Yellowknife, were ordered to evacuate their homes by Friday midnight (Paris time), as megafires encircle this Arctic city of 22,000 souls approach. "Evacuations in Yellowknife," headlined the front page Friday in the Toronto Star.
NWT residents fled by car in truckloads to Alberta's capital, Calgary, 1750 kilometres from Yellowknife. All evoke scenes of desolation. "At one point, there were seven water bombers passing overhead. The only road from Yellowknife to the Alberta border passes near several blazes and through places already ravaged by flames. This apocalyptic scene...
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