OTTAWA: Another town in Canada's Northwest Territories was forced to evacuate on Saturday as strong winds and rising temperatures gave new life to vast wildfires.
The threat to Hay River, a town of about 4,000, was so great that even firefighters and essential workers were ordered to leave, authorities said.The territorial government ordered everyone still in the town to travel to the local airport and await instructions.'Anyone who remains in Hay River is doing so at their own risk,' a government statement said. 'There will be no emergency services or response available.
'Fire crews are fighting a wall of flames several kilometers long, authorities said, with heavy smoke hampering use of helicopters.Hay River Mayor Kandis Jameson said 100 residents refused to follow the evacuation order.'To look out the window and see that fire roaring toward your town was something I will never forget,' she told a news conference Saturday.
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