A town in the Northwest Territories recently evacuated due to a raging wildfire emerged “in much better condition” than anyone could have imagined only a day earlier, when high winds and hot temperatures propelled the blaze close to its boundaries and forced fire crews and other non−essential workers to retreat, the community’s mayor said Saturday.
In a statement posted online, Hay River Mayor Kandis Jameson said she and her dogs, along with soldiers and many fire support services workers, left her community on a Hercules transport plane bound for Edmonton on Friday night.
