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City of Yellowknife's fire chief, Nelson Johnson, said in the release it is due to 'very dry conditions,' and no rain in the forecast. There is also an expected increase in lightning later this week.
The number of active wildfires in the territory increased to 45 over the weekend.
Dry conditions in the North Slave region have firefighters most concerned, including fires near Wekweeti and at Defeat Lake. The territory's fire crews are responding to a fire season that so far has more fires than the 10-year average, but smaller areas burned.
There have been more wildfires so far this year compared to the 10-year average in the Northwest Territories, but the amount of land burned is well below the average, says Richard Olsen with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
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