With months still to go in this fire season, N.W.T. well on way to hitting 10-year average for area burnedThe out-of-control wildfire burning near Sambaa K’e, N.W.T., is immense. covers a swath of land nearly 24 times the size of Yellowknife, and three times the size of Calgary. It represents 41 per cent of the nearly 600,000 hectares that burned in last year’s fire season in the N.W.T. The Sambaa K’e wildfire forced residents to flee more than a week ago and has indirectly burned down one home .
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