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Inside the Yellowknife evacuation — and why they are becoming more common.

Thousands of residents in the city of 20,000 continued to leave by air or road Friday.

The mayor of Yellowknife says the evacuation of the territorial capital is proceeding peacefully, but a bit slower than she’d like, and the few stragglers left need to pack up and head south.

YELLOWKNIFE — More than 19,000 people left Yellowknife in less than 48 hours as one of the largest firefighting mobilizations in the history of the Northwest Territories continued to protect the city from an encroaching wildfire.

A grocery store and pharmacy stayed open — as did a bar, where exhausted workers gathered. Like having a pint at the end of the world

YELLOWKNIFE — The mayor of Yellowknife says the evacuation of the territorial capital is proceeding peacefully, but a bit slower than she’d like, and the few stragglers left need to pack up and head south. "We've got to take this seriously.

Airtankers flew missions overnight to keep the only route out of the city open, as fire guards, sprinklers and water cannons tried to protect it from the fire.

A FORMER Basingstoke bank is set to be transformed into 16 luxury apartments in the town centre.

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