Evacuation efforts continue amid wildfires in Canada

Ottawa: Evacuation efforts continue amid wildfires in western Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday on social media that the government is urgently mobilizing resources in the northwest territories and stands ready to provide assistance in Kelowna According to reports, a state of emergency has been declared amid the wildfires in Kelowna, a city in British Columbia with a population of about 150,000.

The city of West Kelowna, with a population of about 36,000, also declared a local state of emergency. Officials confirmed at a press conference on Friday that some structures in the city were damaged. More than 2,400 nearby properties have been ordered to evacuate.
In the Northwest Territories, evacuation efforts continued Friday in Yellowknife. According to local media, 26 evacuation flights were scheduled from the city to Calgary. The government said it was chartering private jets to fund military efforts.

The territorial government said the fire was out of control 15 km northwest of Yellowknife. The days ahead will be grim and challenging. Trudeau called an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss the wildfire crisis in the Northwest Territories and inclement weather across the country. According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center, as of Friday, nearly There were 1,000 active wildfires, of which more than 380 were in British Columbia and more than 230 in the Northwest Territories.