Thousands of Northwest Territories residents have fled the 236 wildfires tearing through the northern boreal forest. Many have found refuge in Alberta. Evacuations have been ordered for Fort Smith, Enterprise, Jean Marie River and Hay River.
"I had to scramble and pack what I could and leave," recalled Natasha Cleary.
"We were ahead of everybody by so much. We were so fortunate to get out as quick as we did," she said. "There's a list of people who are going to be bringing us hot meals and they brought us 10 huge boxes of snacks yesterday and they upped the water deliveries for us because there's so many of us on household water."Firefighters continue to battle the blazes.
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