22 Aug 2023

Canada:more than 30,000 people evacuated from Yellowknife

From First Up, 5:43 am on 22 August 2023

Canada is enduring its worst wildfire season, with more than 1,000 active fires burning across the country, including 236 in the Northwest Territories. Firefighters are working 24 / 7 to make fire breaks as so far more than 30 thousand people have evacuated Yellowknife - the capital of the Northwest Territories. CBC reporter Natalie Pressman is one of them - she's now in Calgary, Nathan Rarere asked her to give us an idea of how many fires there are.