By Jordan Omstead Evacuation preparations are underway in a First Nation community in Northwest Territories as a wildfire burns nearby. The territory’s No. 1 priority fire grew four kilometres from Tuesday night into Wednesday morning and now burns about eight kilometres southwest of Whatì, officials said Thursday “I think we are ready for a possible evacuation, and it looks like it’s going to happen,” said Sherbaz Muhammad, the community government’s senior administrative officer, in an interview Thursday morning. “We’ve been hoping, wishing that we’ll stay, but I think it’s not just the smoke. It looks like the fire is so close.” The air quality in the region was considered a very high health risk as of Thursday morning, prompting widespread warnings from Environment Canada. In Whatì, officials say sprinklers are…
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