Evacuees helping evacuees: N.W.T. residents escaping wildfire step up to help each ot

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Despite being displaced from their own homes because of raging wildfires, N.W.T. evacuees are still trying to help each other. "It's amazing how people can react in a crisis," said Gianna Debogorski, a Yellowknife resident.Debogorski said she felt cared for when another evacuee saw her sleeping on the ground and offered her a free tent. An out-of-control wildfire located about 15 kilometres northwest of Yellowknife caused the city's 20,000 residents to relocate.Other N.W.T. communities including