At approximately 4:00 pm, Tuesday, May 28, RCMP were advised of a road closure affecting Mackenzie Highway #1.
Alberta Highway Authority advised the highway would be closed due to fire crossing the highway near Steen River, affecting Highway 35.
Northwest Territories citizens are being requested to not attempt to travel south of Hay River. The Department of Infrastructure has closed the highway at Enterprise and advise no one to travel between Enterprise and the Alberta/NT border.
The Department of Infrastructure will be providing updates on the road closure as they become available. You can follow them on twitter @GNWT_INF