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More evacuation orders forced residents to flee for safety as wildfires continue to sweep across Western Canada.
随着野火继续席卷加拿大西部，更多的疏散命令迫使当地居民逃离至安全地带。
A state of emergency was declared early Friday in Kelowna, a city in British Columbia with a population of about 150,000,
周五早些时候，拥有约15万人口的不列颠哥伦比亚省的基洛纳市，宣布进入紧急状态，
as the Pacific province warns the next 24 to 48 hours could be the most difficult.
这个太平洋沿岸省份警告称，接下来的24到48小时状况可能会是最困难的。
Meanwhile, residents from the remote northern city of Yellowknife scrambled to get out of town before flames block their exit.
与此同时，北部偏远城市耶洛奈夫的居民，在大火封锁住出口之前争先恐后地撤离了这座城市。
Officials said the massive blaze threatening Yellowknife, the Northwest Territories' capital city, made little progress on Thursday,
官员们表示，周四的时候，威胁西北地区首府耶洛奈夫的大火火势较弱，
but changing winds meant it could reach the outskirts by the weekend.
但风向的变化意味着大火可能会在周末到达郊区。
The city of around 20,000 were given a deadline of noon local time Friday to evacuate,
当地时间周五中午前，这座拥有约2万人口的城市被要求撤离，
with some 10 evacuation planes carrying out about 1,500 people on Thursday, and over 20 more flights due out on Friday.
约有10架飞机于周四载运约1500人撤离，而周五时还将有20多架次飞机负责撤离工作。
The expanse of fire risk and disruption to life and land underscores the severity of this year's worst-on-record Canadian wildfire season,
火灾风险的扩大以及对生命和土地的破坏，凸显了加拿大今年这一有记录以来最严重的野火季节的严重性，
with more than 1,000 active fires burning across the country.
全国共有1000多起火灾在同时发生。
Experts say climate change has exacerbated the wildfire problem,
专家表示，气候变化加剧了野火问题，
with officials adding that drought and high temperatures have been a contributing factor to the number and intensity of this year's fires.
政府官员补充称，干旱和高温是导致今年火灾数量和强度增加的一大促成因素。
