No return date yet for Hay River

Wildfire evacuees from Hay River, N.W.T., will have to wait a bit longer to learn when they might be able to go home.

Wildfire evacuees from Hay River, N.W.T., will have to wait a bit longer to learn when they might be able to go home.

A notice posted online by the town on Monday evening said the first phase of the re-entry plan, which would see essential workers return to Hay River, "will not be executed at this time."

"The fire conditions in the hot, dry and windy weather are volatile and have contributed to the growth of the fire in a finger east of the [Kátł'odeeche First Nation] area," the notice reads.

"Containment of this finger of the fire has not yet been completed and remains an elevated risk to the community."