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Thousands of Canadians flee wildfires in north, west

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Lukas Lottersberger
August 19, 2023

Wildfires have forced the province of British Columbia to declare a state of emergency. Thousands of residents are evacuating as the blazes jump containment lines. In the far north, nearly all residents of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories, have fled.

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