Inuvik Drum

Southern portions of the Inuvik Wildfire EV014 as showing “no major activity” as of 8 p.m. Aug. 15, though the Northeastern side of the fire shows “increased behaviour.”

Wildfires in Enterprise have caused more damage to the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link.

Telecommunications in the Beaufort Delta remain available but limited, says NorthwesTel.

Forty households in Lutselk’e are getting a Starlink hook up thanks to a grant accessed by the Native Women’s Association of the NWT.

Work on repairing the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link has yet to begin as the fires in the Sahtu region are too dangerous for workers to approach.

A wildfire burning 12 kilometres outside of Inuvik is holding at 35,583 hectares in size, but NWT Fire says it expects it to move away from Inuvik in the coming days.

A wildfire burning 12 kilometres outside of Inuvik is now 35,583 hectares in size, according to the NWT Live Fire map as of 4:15 Aug. 13.

Inuvik has not been elevated to Evacuation Level 2 notice, but the NWT Wildfire page now says “residents should be prepared to leave on short notice.”

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UPDATE 2: As of 6:30 p.m. Aug. 11, ENR now says the fire is 12 kilometres away. “Four fire crews are actioning this fire, including air support for bucketing. Heavy equipment has started developing a fire guard that will protect the northwest end of Inuvik, where the liquid natural gas storage site for Inuvik Gas is located. Helicopters are bucking the fire, and tanker groups are actioning it as well as visibility has improved.”