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Wildfire Forces Evacuation of Remote Village in Northwest Territories
About 1,300 residents were told to leave as crews used airtankers and helicopters to slow the blaze, officials said.
- Fort Simpson remains under an evacuation alert as the FS016 wildfire burns nearby, with officials instructing the community's roughly 1,300 residents to flee to the Multiplex Arena in Yellowknife, about 375 kilometres away.
- On Friday, N.W.T. Fire reported 27 new fire starts—the most in one day this season—caused by dry lightning across the Northwest Territories, where 66 active blazes now burn.
- The FS016 wildfire measures about 4.2 square kilometres and is currently eight kilometres from Fort Simpson. N.W.T. Fire information officer Thomas Bentham noted that current wind patterns are pushing the fire away from the community.
- Airtankers and helicopters are hitting priority areas on the northern and northeast perimeter to suppress growth, though dangerous conditions prevented ground crews from working. An Incident Management Team and a Wildland Urban Interface team from Hay River are joining the response.
- Environment Canada predicts temperatures around 29 C as dry conditions persist throughout the territory. Bentham urged residents to avoid human-caused fires, warning the region remains highly vulnerable to further wildfire activity under these extreme conditions.
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Two Dehcho N.W.T. communities ordered to evacuate over wildfires
Hundreds of Fort Simpson residents are settling into temporary accommodations in Yellowknife after a mandatory evacuation was ordered on the evening of June 28 as an out-of-control wildfire continues to threaten the Dehcho community. The evacuation came as wildfire FS016 advanced west of Fort Simpson roughly seven km from the airport, prompting officials to clear the roughly 1,300 person community while firefighters and other essential personne…
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Wildfire forces evacuation of remote village in Northwest Territories
FORT SIMPSON - A remote community of the Northwest Territories was ordered late Sunday to evacuate as an out-of-control wildfire continues to burn nearby.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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