Tens of thousands of residents have been evacuated.
Firefighters have kept wildfires at bay near the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as well as a city under threat in British Columbia, though no one claimed victory as forecasters warned that drier and windier weather was coming.
“We’re by no means out of the woods yet,” said Mike Westwick, wildfire information officer for the city. “We still have a serious situation. It’s not safe to return.”To the south, in British Columbia, raging flames were also kept away from Kelowna, a city of 30,000 people about 90 miles 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 Ms Morritt, who had been following media updates and satellite images of the approaching wildfires.
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