The wildfire threatening Fort Providence has advanced to the southeast edge of the community but no homes have been destroyed, according to the last update from NWT Fire at 1:15 a.m. on Monday.

The fire has been showing "torching" behaviour — sometimes burning through the tops of trees, NWT Fire stated. The situation is so dangerous that some essential workers were evacuated, although firefighters remained in the community as of the last update.

The resources assigned to fight the massive blaze comprise five fire crews, two helicopters, seven bulldozers, two fire trucks from Hay River, two mulchers, structure protection specialists and an incident management team.

"Aircraft will make water drops to reduce the fire’s intensity whenever it is safe to do so, however, visibility issues ar

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