‘Safe Travels’: Evacuation Order Lifted for NWT Capital After Weeks of Fire Danger

‘Safe Travels’: Evacuation Order Lifted for NWT Capital After Weeks of Fire Danger
Vehicles line up for fuel at Fort Providence, N.W.T., on the only road south from Yellowknife on Aug. 17, 2023. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
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An evacuation order has been lifted for Yellowknife three weeks after a nearby wildfire forced the city’s 20,000 residents out of their homes.

The order for the capital of the Northwest Territories, which also included the First Nation communities of Dettah and N’Dilo, was downgraded Wednesday to an evacuation alert. The fire was considered held, meaning it wasn’t expected to grow under current conditions.