Thousands of residents escaping the path of raging wildfires in Canada’s Northwest Territories before the Friday deadline are facing hours-long queues on roads with many turned away from packed flights.
Over 20,000 residents of the territorial capital Yellowknife and nearby areas were given time till 12 noon on Friday to evacuate their homes as relentless flames, part of a larger onslaught of wildfires that have ravaged vast expanses of the territory, inched closer.
