Workers continue restoring essential services in N.W.T. ahead of fire evacuee return
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Hay River's mayor said workers are busy bringing essential services online, and hope remains that residents will be allowed to start coming back this weekend.
Fire crews in the Northwest Territories say work continues fighting hot spots and flareups near evacuated communities while area residents wait to hear when they can return home.
Hay River Mayor Kandis Jameson said workers are busy bringing essential services online, and hope remains that residents will be allowed to start coming back this weekend.
Essential workers have also returned to Fort Smith, on the Alberta boundary, but it is still not safe for the general population to return.
K’atl’odeeche First Nation Chief April Martel said crews are now conducting air and water quality tests to prepare for residents’ returning.
Re-entry to the territorial capital of Yellowknife began a week ago.
Fire information officer Mike Westwick cautioned returning residents that crews will likely be putting out hot spots and fires for the rest of the season.
“All of these fires will need to be managed until the snow falls,” Westwick told reporters on a conference call Thursday.
“You’re returning to a community where you’ll be living with fire in a much more intimate way than we’re usually used to in the boreal forest.”
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