yeah, so i am now in a small village called fort simpson, which is about 630 kilometres west of yellowknifebly sounds like a huge distance — it really isn't in northwest territories terms. this place is twice the size of france, it's got 16,000 people in it, so vast scales that we're talking about. this is essentially three communities to the left of yellowknife. and you can just hear a float plane into the distance, by the way. this is the mackenzie river behind me. yellowknife under a full evacuation order, as you probably heard, yesterday. we came out here a day before because, to be frank, the writing has been on the wall for days that that wildfire was going to pose a grave threat. what were you seeing that led you to think, "hey, i better get out of here even a day before "the official evacuation order takes place? " well, i'm the editor of cabin radio, a website covering the northwest territories — and i'll shout over the flood plane in the background here — we did an interview with a gentleman named john vallant who spent seven years studying wildfires and john vaillant described to

fort simpson will be an evacuation center for them.have seven or eight different communities under evacuation orders. more than the territory -- more than half the territory is out of their home. carl: what is fueling the blazes? >>>> that's a good question, climate change. it is the boreal forest in canada. . it is very combustible. firefighters are not an artificial phenomenon. . they could because by humans but the vast majority are caused by things like lightning. it catches fire, that's what it does. but with the climate changing, the landscape back here is drier than ever has been in the past. the relative humidity goes down. you create conditions where even if there's a little rain, that does not buy you much time. cooler temperatures don't help much. it is the sheer amount of dryness. it has been an unusually hot summer as well. that's why the fires are as devastating as they are. carl:carl: we heard there's more than 1000 fires currently burning in canada. what is the sense you get in terms of authorities and firefighters? are

i'm now in a small village called fort simpson, which is about 630 kilometres west of yellowknife.distance. it really isn't in northwest territories terms — this place is twice the size of france. it's got 115,000 people in it. so vast scales that we're talking about. this is essentially three communities to the left of yellowknife. you can just hear a float plane in the distance, by the way. this is the mackenzie river behind me. yellowknife is under a full evacuation order, as you've probably heard yesterday. we came out here a day before because, to be frank, the writing has been on the wall for days that that wildfire was going to pose a grave threat. 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've got about 7,000 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 mi

i am now in a small village called fort simpson, 630 kilometres west of yellowknife.ds like a huge distance but it really isn't. this place is twice the size of france. this is essentially free communities to the left of yellowknife. you can hear a flight plane into the distance. this is a mackenzy river behind me. the writing has been under the walford days that fire would pose a great friend. —— has been in the writing for days. covering the northwest territories, and we did an interview with a gentleman called john valiant who spent seven years studying wildfires in fort mcmurray and he described 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 fle

i'm now in a small village called fort simpson, which is about 630 kilometres west of yellowknife.s like a huge distance. it really isn't in northwest territories terms — this place is twice the size of france. it's got 16,000 people in it. so vast scales that we're talking about. this is essentially three communities to the left of yellowknife. you can just hear a float plane in the distance, by the way. this is the mackenzie river behind me. yellowknife is under a full evacuation order, as you've probably heard yesterday. we came out here a day before because, to be frank, the writing has been on the wall for days that that wildfire was going to pose a grave threat. 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've got about 7,000 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 w

yeah, so i am now in a small village called fort simpson, which is about 630 kilometres west of yellowknifeze of france, it's got 115,000

he's involved in the emergency effort and joins me from fort simpson. thanks very much for coming ontorogramme. just tell us how it's going with this effort to the city. so the evacuation actually started probably before the order was issued. so people were starting to leave, there was a bottleneck as people were leaving at the beginning, but we are seeing it more consistent as people go out, so we are not having any, as bad of a bottleneck. if the conditions on the road are good but there is spots where it's smoky. the first a0 km we do have a pilot car that is taking people back and forth, or back through that.— people back and forth, or back through that. people back and forth, or back throu~h that. , ., ., ., through that. sorry, go ahead? iwas auoin to through that. sorry, go ahead? iwas going to ask. — through that. sorry, go ahead? iwas going to ask, what _ through that. sorry, go ahead? iwas going to ask, what about _ through that. sorry, go ahead? iwas going to ask, what about the fires i going to ask, what about the fires and how they are moving? could you tell us what the la

he's involved in the emergency effort and joins me from fort simpson. thanks very much for coming onto