Firefighters have kept wildfires at bay near the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as well as a threatened city in British Columbia, though no one is claiming victory as forecasters warn that drier and windier weather is coming.
To the south, in British Columbia, raging flames were also kept away from Kelowna, a city of 30,000 people about 150 kilometers north of the United States border.
“But I want to be clear, a little bit of rain doesn’t mean it’s safe to come back home,” he said. Others warned that incoming hot weather would make the battle more challenging. On Saturday, officials said the escape route out of Yellowknife was safe, for the time being. About 2,600 people remained in town, including emergency teams, firefighters, utility workers and police officers, along with some residents who refused to leave.
“We knew it was only a matter of time,” said Morritt, who had been following media updates and satellite images of the approaching wildfires. Eby told reporters Saturday that the situation was “grim” and warned that the “situation changes very quickly.”
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