Posted: Jun 30, 2021 4:32 PM CT | Last Updated: June 30 It s surreal to have nothing just personal items, said Martha Norwegian, who lost her Fort Simpson home to a fire while she was visiting Yellowknife. (Submitted by Sean Whelly)
At seven o clock on Tuesday morning Laurie Ozmun Nadia received a phone call that smoke alarms were going off in her mother-in-law s home in Fort Simpson, N.W.T.
When she arrived, the house was already engulfed in flames.
Martina Norwegian s home was completely destroyed by the fire, which took most of her belongings.
Norwegian was in Yellowknife when the fire broke out and arrived home later that evening. She said the only things she has left are what she packed in her suitcase before leaving town.
Posted: May 14, 2021 1:59 PM CT | Last Updated: May 14
Rising water levels limited access to the island on which the community of Fort Simpson is built, as seen in this aerial image taken May 14 around noon.(Laurie Ozmun Nadia/Facebook)