Hay River, Fort Smith still safe after 'extremely challenging' day: fire officials

High winds brought difficult conditions for crews fighting both the wildfire near Hay River and the one near Fort Smith on Saturday.

An air tanker doing drops in the Hay River, N.W.T., area.

The fire agency said Sunday is expected to bring four to eight millimetres of rain and favourable north winds, which would push the fire back on itself. At last count, this wildfire has burned about 462,749 hectares of land — a little over 4,627 square kilometres. There are more than 220 people on the team fighting it, with 12 helicopters, 23 pieces of heavy equipment and at least 10 air tankers.Meanwhile, fire crews working on the wildfire south of Fort Smith faced some extreme fire behaviour in areas Saturday as well, with high winds and clear skies.

Crews also had to pull back along Hay Camp Road south of Fort Fitzgerald as fire activity made the area unsafe in the afternoon and took down a lot of trees. In that area, the fire was mostly heading east toward the Slave River, Parks Canada said.

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