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NWT investigating Yellowknife water bomber ‘incident’

Fire ZF011, the Ingraham Trail fire, on August 25. NWT Fire/Facebook
Fire ZF011, the Ingraham Trail fire, on August 25. Photo: NWT Fire

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The NWT’s wildfire agency is investigating what it termed “an incident” involving a water bomber near Yellowknife on Monday.

Little information about what took place is available, though wildfire information officer Mike Westwick said by phone he would not characterize what transpired as a crash.

Nobody was hurt, Westwick said, and “everyone involved is safe.”

The type of aircraft involved was not immediately known, nor the number of people involved.

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Whether the aircraft is a write-off or can be repaired was not specified.

“The circumstances are being investigated,” Westwick said.