A remote community of the Northwest Territories was ordered late Sunday to evacuate as an out-of-control wildfire continues to burn nearby. The territorial government’s website says the Dehcho fire is roughly seven kilometres west of the Fort Simpson Airport. Wildfire officials say the fire is about 4.2 square kilometres in size. Officials with the Village of Fort Simpson said in a notice that the community’s roughly 1,300 residents should flee to the Multiplex Arena in Yellowknife, about 630 kilometres east of the village. The City of Yellowknife, in a social media post, confirmed the Multiplex’s gym will act as a reception and lodging centre. Fort Simpson officials said residents who wished to evacuate by plane should go to the local recreation centre. The last plane out was scheduled for early…
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