A look at wildfires and evacuations in N.W.T. and B.C.

YELLOWKNIFE — Some 20,000 people from Yellowknife and thousands more from other communities in the Northwest Territories have been ordered to leave due to nearby wildfires. Meanwhile, a significant number of homes have gone up in flames as a wildfire burns in West Kelowna in British Columbia’s interior. Here’s a look at the fires by the numbers.Yellowknife
Size of the wildfire that is about 15 kilometres from Yellowknife: 1,669 square kilometres.
Population of Yellowknife: 20,0