Hay River 'excited' to welcome residents back after 3 weeks
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Hay River residents are finally getting to head home.
Hay River residents are finally getting to head home.
Friday night, the Northwest Territories town announced the general public would be allowed to return starting Saturday morning at 9 a.m.
Hay River residents have been away from their community since Aug. 25, when the town was evacuated due to an out-of-control wildfire in the area.
"We are excited to welcome everyone home from such a long time away," Hay River's Mayor Kandis Jameson said in a Facebook post Friday. "It will take a while for things to get back to normal.
"We are able to return due to the relentless work of the unified command, wildland fire and structural protection crews that have given us a place to return to."
Before the evacuation was downgraded to an alert Saturday morning, emergency personnel had been allowed to return as part of the first phase of re-entry.
In the Facebook post, Jameson asked residents to be aware of crews still working in the area.
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