i remember the fires in fort mcmurray — evacuees.mcmurray a _ evacuees. i remember the fires in fort mcmurray a couple _ evacuees. i remember the fires in fort mcmurray a couple of- evacuees. i remember the fires in fort mcmurray a couple of years l evacuees. i remember the fires in i fort mcmurray a couple of years ago and seen the devastation and damage air, what we are seeing is that these are actually, though, even though wildfires happen annually, the worst wildfire season is in canada's history. the worst wildfire season. is anyone expending whether that's the case. ihla season. is anyone expending whether that's the case-— that's the case. no one has really exlained that's the case. no one has really explained why — that's the case. no one has really explained why this _ that's the case. no one has really explained why this is _ that's the case. no one has really explained why this is the - that's the case. no one has really explained why this is the case. i l explained why this is the case. i know we have seen mainstream medi

we interviewed a gentleman named john who spent 17 years studying wildfires at for -- fort mcmurray.n valeant described how authorities in fort mcmurray in 2016 underestimated the strength of 21st century wildfire. he said he saw a lot of echoes in yellowknife. i have to be frank, it is one of those things as a journalist, i got five minutes into the interview and thought to myself, what am i still doing here? carl: walk us through the situation. yellowknife is not the only area being evacuated. several other communities have had to flee. give us a picture of what's taking place in the northwest territories. >> there's a huge lake called great slave lake. yellowknife is at the top of it. on the other side, you have fort smith and hay river. they have about 7000 people. saturday and sunday last weekend, they were told to evacuate. thousands of people fleeing down the highway to alberta. we have no timeline for when people might be able to get back. there has not even been any communication, no internet, no landline and no cell phone. we just heard in the last couple hours that the com

did an interview with a gentleman named john valiant who spent seven years studying wildfires in fort mcmurrayribed to me how authorities in 2016 underestimated the strength of 21st century wildfires and he said he saw a lot of echoes in yellowknife and i have to be frank with you, i got five minutes into that interview and thought, what am i still doing here? several yellowknife is not the only area evacuated, several other communities have had to flee. many different blazes over there. give us a picture of what is taking place in the northwest territories. 0n the other side of a very large lake, you have two communities and together they have about 7000 people in them. on saturday and sunday last weekend they were told to evacuate. thousands of people fleeing down the highway where they are still. there is no communication, no internet, no landline for days and days now. and we heard in the last couple of hours that a community, a tiny community of 36 people, they have been told they have to flee as well. getting them west to this community, actually, fort simpson which will be an evacuation

who spent seven years studying wildfires and john vaillant described to me how authorities in fort mcmurraytimated the strength of 21st century wildfire. he said he saw a lot of echoes in yellowknife — and i have to be frank with you, it's one of those things as a journalist, i got five minutes into that interview and thought to myself, "what am "i still doing here?" just walk us through the situation in the area in general because, of course, yellowknife is not the only area evacuated — several other communities have had to flee. there are any different blazes there. give us a picture of what is taking place in the northwest territories. ok, so there's a huge lake called great slave lake. yellowknife is on the top of it. then, at the other side of that lake — it's a very large lake — you have two communities called fort smith and hay river. together, they have got about 7000 people in them. on saturday and sunday last weekend, they were both told to evacuate. thousands of people fleeing down the highway to alberta where they still are. we have no timeline for when people might be able to g

an interview with a gentleman called john valiant who spent seven years studying wildfires in fort mcmurrayribed to me how authorities in 2016 underestimated the strength of the wildfires and he said he saw a lot of echoes in yellowknife and i have to be frank with you, i got five minutes into that interview and thought, what am i still doing here. ., ~' thought, what am i still doing here. ., ~ , ., here. yellowknife is not the only area — here. yellowknife is not the only area evacuated, - here. yellowknife is not the | only area evacuated, several other communities have had to flee. many different places over there. give us a picture of what is taking place in the northwest territories. fin of what is taking place in the northwest territories. on the other side — northwest territories. on the other side of _ northwest territories. on the other side of a _ northwest territories. on the other side of a very _ northwest territories. on the other side of a very large - other side of a very large lake, you have two communities and together they have about 7000 people into them. on saturday and