Evacuations continue as fire threat to Pikangikum First Nation grows
Evacuation efforts in Pikangikum First Nation are ramping up as a
wildfire threatening the northern Ontario community gains strength and
cripples local telecom services.
wildfire threatening the northern Ontario community gains strength and
cripples local telecom services.
Alvin Fiddler, Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, which
represents 49 First Nation communities across northern Ontario, said a
forest fire burning near the eastern edge of the fly-in community has
grown in the past 24 hours.
He said it has damaged the broadband communications line running through the area, knocking out all phone and internet service.