Canadian wildfire in Kelowna JUMPS lake which emergency services hoped would stop it in its tracks, as map shows how blazes across country could blanket US in smog TODAY
Thousands of people have been evacuated in several parts of Canada after a series of huge wildfires broke out
Around 20,000 people are being evacuated by plane from Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories
In Kelowna, about 1,200 miles south of Yellowknife, thousands more have been evacuated after a separate wildfire jumped a lake and destroyed properties
By Christian Oliver
Published: 03:50 EDT, 18 August 2023 | Updated: 11:04 EDT, 18 August 2023
Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes across several sections of Canada after a series of wildfires which threatened to blanket the US in dangerous smog.
In Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, more than 20,000 people have been ordered to flee their homes amid 'out of control' wildfires that now threaten to cut off access to the only highway out of the affected city.
Meanwhile, there were terrifying scenes 1,200 miles south in Kelowna, British Columbia, after another fire jumped Lake Okanagan and consumed several properties.
The infernos, which have come during Canada's worst fire season on record, also threaten to send enormous plumes of toxic smog over the United States. An official forecast map shows smoke is expected to be blown south eastwards throughout Friday and over the Midwest into the eastern United States.
Thousands evacuated Yellowknife on Thursday as wildfires burned across the region, forcing convoys of vehicles to snake south to safety on the only open highway.
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