Fires threaten northern communities amid record-breaking heat wave
Province-wide fire ban extended until Monday amid increased risk to northern communities
Cloverdale fire - Submitted photo
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) says three fires are within 20 kilometres of a northern community amid a record-breaking heat wave engulfing Western Canada.
A province-wide fire ban remains in effect at least until Monday when the SPSA will re-evaluate. The fire ban will continue to span the entire province for all Crown lands.
There should be no open burning and no fireworks on provincial Crown land which includes provincial parks. No burning permits will be issued until the fire ban is eventually lifted.
Provincial fire ban expected to remain in place until at least next week
The Saskatchewan government is not quite ready to lift a provincial fire ban just yet.
According to the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, there were 30 active fires burning in the province on Thursday afternoon.
This includes three wildfires the province is battling in northern Saskatchewan.
These blazes are the Lock Fire burning near Dillon, the Stallard Fire near Stony Rapids and Pothole Fire in the vicinity of Stanley Mission.
The Stallard Fire is about 18 hectares in size, Pothole Fire 360 hectares and Lock Fire is by far the largest at roughly 5,190 hectares.
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