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Canadian fire crews on Thursday battled to prevent wildfires from reaching the northern city of Yellowknife, where all 20,000 residents are leaving by car and plane after an evacuation order was declared.

Wildfires have forced the majority of the Northwest Territories’ 45,600 residents to leave their communities, with Alberta absorbing most of the evacuees

Residents fleeing the fires filled roads and flights as they rushed to beat an evacuation deadline.

Residents fleeing the fires filled roads and flights as they rushed to beat an evacuation deadline.

Residents fleeing the fires filled roads and flights as they rushed to beat an evacuation deadline.

Residents fleeing the fires filled roads and flights as they rushed to beat an evacuation deadline.

Canadian fire crews on Thursday battled to prevent wildfires from reaching the northern city of Yellowknife, where all 20,000 residents are leaving by car and plane after an evacuation order was declared.

Residents fleeing the fires filled roads and flights as they rushed to beat an evacuation deadline.

Residents fleeing the fires filled roads and flights as they rushed to beat an evacuation deadline.

YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories (AP) — Thousands of residents fled the capital of Canadas Northwest Territories ahead of an approaching wildfire Thursday,