In an email at 2:40 p.m., Amy Kennedy, a director of communications with the government of the Northwest Territories, said the next 200 to 400 people waiting in line at Sir John Franklin High School would be able to get on the remaining planes today.
Many individuals with mobility issues and who are immunocompromised or have a condition that puts them at higher risk of severe outcomes due to smoke were moved up in line, and we would like to thank everyone for their cooperation in making this happen."
A massive line of people at Sir John Franklin High School in Yellowknife, who were waiting to register for an evacuation flight out of the wildfire-threatened city, had been moving slowly Thursday.
Kirsten Murphy, a Yellowknife resident with a seat on an Air Canada flight to Vancouver at 5 p.m., told CBC News Thursday that although people are concerned about the fire itself — the biggest stress right now is figuring out how to leave.
Murphy said she heard rumblings about an evacuation order throughout the city on Wednesday, before it was officially announced during a press conference at 7:30 p.m. She had a plan to head with her husband and dog to the North Arm of Great Slave Lake, but pivoted because of poor air quality.
While she expects to be on a plane this evening, Murphy’s husband (a CBC North manager) will stay in town and will boat out onto Great Slave Lake with a friend if the situation gets worse.
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In an email at 2:40 p.m., Amy Kennedy, a director of communications with the government of the Northwest Territories, said the next 200 to 400 people waiting in line at Sir John Franklin High School would be able to get on the remaining planes today.
Many individuals with mobility issues and who are immunocompromised or have a condition that puts them at higher risk of severe outcomes due to smoke were moved up in line, and we would like to thank everyone for their cooperation in making this happen."
A massive line of people at Sir John Franklin High School in Yellowknife, who were waiting to register for an evacuation flight out of the wildfire-threatened city, had been moving slowly Thursday.
Kirsten Murphy, a Yellowknife resident with a seat on an Air Canada flight to Vancouver at 5 p.m., told CBC News Thursday that although people are concerned about the fire itself — the biggest stress right now is figuring out how to leave.
Murphy said she heard rumblings about an evacuation order throughout the city on Wednesday, before it was officially announced during a press conference at 7:30 p.m. She had a plan to head with her husband and dog to the North Arm of Great Slave Lake, but pivoted because of poor air quality.
While she expects to be on a plane this evening, Murphy’s husband (a CBC North manager) will stay in town and will boat out onto Great Slave Lake with a friend if the situation gets worse.
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