Fort Simpson evacuees must be ready for an extended stay away from the community, village officials said, stressing "danger from the fire is still very high."
Yellowknife teenagers helped quickly extinguish a brush fire near the city on Canada Day. Witnesses said a raven touched power lines, caught fire and fell.
Alice Twa and Kai Wilson·
"Everybody being displaced wore heavy on my heart." Gracyn Tanche is coordinating a group of volunteers helping Fort Simpson evacuees in Yellowknife.
Parks Canada says its staff are preparing in case wildfire smoke begins to severely affect visibility along Highway 5 from Fort Smith to Hay River.
Open fires have been banned on almost all public and private land across the North Slave and South Slave – a rare region-wide step for the NWT.
Helicopters and ground crews returned to action against Fort Simpson's wildfire on Tuesday, while new satellite images showed the Wrigley fire's burn area.
