All 20,000 Yellowknife residents evacuate as wildfires raging in Canada's Northwest Territories

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Thousands of residents are rushing to evacuate the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as more than 200 fires burn across the region.

The capital city of Yellowknife – home to about 20,000 – and several other Northwest Territories communities have been ordered to evacuate as crews battle 236 active wildfires in the region.

Some 10 evacuation planes ferried about 1,500 people out of the city on Thursday and about 22 flights were due out on Friday, while scores of people left via road.

This is Canada's worst-ever wildfire season, with more than 1,000 active fires burning across the country, including 265 in the Northwest Territories.

This year's fires had started in late April in British Columbia and Alberta, displacing more than 30,000 people at their peak, and temporarily shutting down oil and gas production.

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