Evacuation order issued for community of 600 northwest of Yellowknife

Posted on by Wayne Hughes
Aerial shot of a nearly pitch-black forest landscape with a raging fire illuminating a sky full of smoke in the distance.

The community of Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T., is setting up around 200 cots for evacuees from Whatı̀ after officials ordered Whatı̀ residents to evacuate their community due to a nearby wildfire.