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Helicopter buckets small fire on Tin Can Hill

A helicopter with a bucket over Tin Can Hill on September 1, 2025. Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio
A helicopter with a bucket over Tin Can Hill on September 1, 2025, seen from the Con Road parking lot at Rat Lake. Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio

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A helicopter was seen bucketing Yellowknife’s Tin Can Hill on Monday afternoon.

Wildfire information officer Dana Bowen told Cabin Radio that the city was unable to reach a human-caused fire so the Department of Environment and Climate Change sent in a crew and helicopter to bucket it.

A helicopter buckets Tin Can Hill on the afternoon of September 1, 2025. Mike Westwick/NWT Fire

Bown said the fire was about three by three meters shortly before 4pm.

Tin Can Hill is home to a popular recreational trail where residents can walk their dogs off leash.

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A helicopter with a bucket over Tin Can Hill on September 1, 2025. Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio
A helicopter with a bucket over Tin Can Hill on September 1, 2025, seen from the Con Road parking lot at Rat Lake. Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio
A helicopter with a bucket over Tin Can Hill on September 1, 2025. Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio
A helicopter with a bucket over Tin Can Hill on September 1, 2025, seen from the Con dock. Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio