NWT Officials Say Start Planning Now for Lifting of Yellowknife Evacuation Order

NWT Officials Say Start Planning Now for Lifting of Yellowknife Evacuation Order
Heavy smoke from nearby wildfires fills the sky in Yellowknife on Aug. 15, 2023. The Canadian Press/Angela Gzowski
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Residents of Yellowknife and a nearby First Nation who have been evacuated for weeks due to wildfires are being told to start planning now for their return home, beginning Wednesday.

Officials with the Northwest Territories and Yellowknife governments told a news conference that people who will be driving home are responsible for their own food and accommodation on their way back, and that they should prepare to be self-reliant for 72 hours upon their return.