Canada's Northwest Territories ravaged by wildfires

Footage uploaded to social media shows flames and thick smoke rising from wildfires raging in Canada's Northwest Territories on Sunday. 

More than 130,000 square kilometers of land have been scorched, the most on record for this stage in the season, and nearly 168,000 people have been forced to evacuate at some point.

Northwest Territories has so far had 265 wildfires this year, much higher than its 10-year annual average of 185.

(Source: Reuters)


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