Northwest Territories are asking people returning to Yellowknife to mind their speedometers.

A warning was released by at 8 a.m. this Sept. 8 morning saying police have seen an uptick in vehicles exceeding the speed limit, up to 50 kilometres an hour.

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The notice adds speeders not only put wildfire crews working on highways at risk, there is also the risk of debris on the highway like fallen trees as a result of the wildfires.

Police say theySA国际影视传媒檝e already issued 10 speeding tickets in the past two days.