High winds and extreme weather conditions on Friday, July 04 pushed a fire near Consolation Lake towards Reid Lake. This fire is currently 7.5 kilometres east of the Ingraham Trail.

Weather conditions on Saturday allowed for Environment and Natural Resources teams to assess the fire and plan further operations over the coming days. Additional resources from BC, Alaska and Saskatchewan will be supporting efforts.

The Ingraham Trail is open as of noon Sunday, July 06. Reid Lake Territorial Park remains closed; all other parks are open. These circumstances could change on short notice.

The public is advised to use caution, to only use fire when necessary for warmth or cooking and to respect all fire bans. These are the most extreme fire conditions in more than twenty years.

Updates will be available at: www.enr.gov.nt.ca and the NWT Fire Facebook page.

Residents:

For more information on matters related to evacuation and emergency efforts related to this situation please call 920-2303

Media:

For more information please call:
Judy McLinton – Environment and Natural Resources
867-445-2297