Mastodawn

This is a huge deal, there are a lot of communities evacuated and almost all of them are more than 1000 km away from St. Albert (Enterprise is probably the closest at just under 1000 km). Even Grand Prairie was far from home ...

#NWT #NWTFire #NWTFires #WildlandFire

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-evacuees-st-albert-1.6937305

Reception centre for N.W.T. wildfire evacuees in Alberta moved 400km to St. Albert | CBC News

The Northwest Territories government is telling wildfire evacuees who are in Grande Prairie, Alta., or who are heading to the city, to now go to St. Albert, Alta., instead — about a four-hour drive away.

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Stephen Paskaluk Aug 16, 2023

That's not even considering the emergency in Yellowknife and evacuation alerts for communities North of there

#NWT #NWTFire #NWTFires #WildlandFire

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/wildfire-yellowknife-risk-aug-15-1.6937043

Wildfire now 20km from Yellowknife, risk 'has risen' over last day | CBC News

A wildfire burning northwest of Yellowknife is now about 20 kilometres from the city, officials said on Tuesday morning. That means it's moved about 10 kilometres closer to the Northwest Territories capital since a day earlier.

CBC