| Comments | Tibbet Lake, NT, July 22-31, 1998. A State of Emergency was declared when a 60000 ha fire was burning in the area of Tibbet Lake. The area north of Powder Point on Ingraham Trail was evacuated and Ingraham Trail was closed to all traffic. The fire destroyed three vacation cabins and edged within 5 km of cabins and lodges around Consolation Lake, 70 km northeast of Yellowknife. On July 31, the fire reached 140000 ha in size. |