Multiple Yellowknife townhomes were destroyed as a fire spread rapidly through the downtown complex on Saturday morning. Nobody was hurt. The cause isn't clear.
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Northland Utilities says it has restored power to "most of Fort Providence" after an outage caused by a transport truck halted gas sales for hours.
Watch footage from the burn area to the west of Hay River as the mayor says the town appears mostly undamaged by a wildfire that drew close on Friday night.
NWT Fire said a wildfire had not hit Hay River's downtown as of midnight but was "very close," with "likely structure loss" to the west of the town.
Just a few hours after getting online again, service is once again down in Kakisa. A few other communities are also affected.
A wildfire is now "highly likely" to reach Behchokǫ̀ overnight, the NWT's wildfire agency said as Rae residents were told to flee to the community's western tip.
