Across the North Slave, crews continue mopping up, bucketing hotspots, and demobilizing equipment as the City of Yellowknife begins its return to normal.
NWT Fire says crews remain active on Highway 3 between kilometre marker 280 and Yellowknife. Anyone driving through the area is asked to drive slow and give fire crews adequate space to work.
After a recent scan, crews began mopping up and bucketing hot spots along the north side of the south finger of the blaze outside Yellowknife.
Additionally, bucketing and mop up operations continued on the south side of the north finger of the blaze.
