The firefighter’s death is the second in Canada in the last week
while battling a fire near her hometown of Revelstoke, B.C., when a tree fell on her. Her team found her pinned to the ground after losing contact with her and gave her first aid, but Ms. Gale succumbed to her injuries after being airlifted to hospital.The Northwest Territories has seen 110 wildfires eat up 809,510 hectares of land so far this season, and 89 of them are still burning. By far the greatest burn area is in the Dehcho Region, where Fort Liard is located.
“This has already been a very challenging season,” Ms. Davey-Quantick told The Globe and Mail. She said they’ve had to evacuate four communities already, when in a typical season they would likely evacuate none. They’re also stretched particularly thin on resources because firefighters they would normally rely on from Alberta and elsewhere are busy with their own blazes.
Like the rest of Canada, the Northwest Territories has been experiencing an especially hot and dry summer. Numerous communities, including Fort Liard, broke daily temperature records earlier in July. The latest Canadian drought report from the end of June classified southern parts of the territory as either abnormally, moderately or severely dry.
The Northwest Territories’ premier, Caroline Cochrane, called the firefighter’s death “a tragic loss for the entire territory.” “The bravery and selflessness of our firefighters is an incredible gift to us all. Thank you for your service to our territory and to our country,” she said in a statement.
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