What you need to know about the N.W.T. wildfires, as of 12:30 p.m. Wednesday:
Low on data or power? Read all of our stories on our low-bandwidth CBC North news website.Wildfire now about 16 kilometres northwest of YellowknifeEvacuation alert issued for Yellowknife’s Kam Lake business district, Grace Lake and Engle industrial areasEvacuation order issued for Highway 3 from kilometre 284 to 329 – Yellowknife’s boundaryCots have been set up at Yellowknife Multiplex, the facility the city would use as an evacuation centreYellowknife under local state of emergency; N.W.T. under territory-wide state of emergencyHighways 1 and 3 are open; Highways 2 and 5
