All but about 1,600 of Yellowknife’s 20,000 residents have left the community due to the continued threat of that have caused the evacuation of a number of northern communities.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9916940/n-w-t-turning-away-yellowknife-residents-return-not-safe/

On Saturday evening, officials from the Northwest Territories said that a variety of factors, including some light rain, had stalled the fire about 15 kilometers, just over nine miles, from Yellowknife’s city limits.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/19/world/canada/canada-wildfires-british-columbia-kelowna.html