For the second time this summer residents of Hay River, N.W.T., are fleeing a nearby wildfire; this comes as the community was hosting evacuees from Fort Smith fleeing their own wildfire.
Residents of K’atl’odeeche First Nation and Enterprise are also being ordered to leave.
N.W.T. Fire and the Town of Hay River are telling evacuees to travel to Alberta, in Facebook posts on Sunday afternoon.
N.W.T. officials said last week this was the worst wildfire season the territory has experienced on record.
Hay River’s Mayor Kandis Jameson told Fort Smith evacuees at the evacuation centre about the escalating situation. She told people if you can, leave immediately, but to stay calm and
