Smoke from the McDougall Creek fire is seen over Okanagan Lake from Kelowna, British Columbia, on Thursday, August 17, 2023. (Joe O'Connal/The Canadian Press via AP) VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Residents heeded warnings to evacuate the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories as a massive wildfire burned toward the city of 20,000, while firefighters on Friday battled a growing fire that set homes ablaze in a city in British Columbia. Thousands of people in Yellowknife drove hundreds of kilometers (miles) to safety with authorities guiding motorists through fire zones, or waited in long lines lines for emergency flights as the worst fire season on record in Canada showed no signs of easing.

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