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The forecast comes as Highway 102 is closed and several network and power disruptions affect the communities north of La Ronge, according to Lac La Ronge Indian Band’s Emergency Response team. LLRIB has busses on standby in case its communities are forced to evacuate.
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Local fire teams jokingly call the forecasted rain “Tanker One,” said LLRIB Chief Tammy Cook-Searson. She was also pleased to see more locals hired on to support fire efforts, she added.
The non-mandatory evacuation was for priority groups including elderly residents, individuals with respiratory issues and young children, but was open for others who didn’t feel safe remaining. Lac La Ronge Indian Band includes Grandmother’s Bay, Morin Lake, La Ronge, Little Red River, Stanley Mission and Sucker River. Tammy Cook-Searson, Chief of the Band, said they’ve been in communication with Indigenous Services Canada, Red Cross, Prince Albert Grand Council and the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority. She said the majority of the evacuated population are staying in hotels in Prince Albert and La Ronge. La Ronge’s hotels are at full capacity.
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As of Thursday afternoon, 129 active fires were reported in the province. Twenty-five were not contained. There have been 369 so far. The province’s five-year average is 209.
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Speaking with reporters, Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency vice president of operations Steve Roberts said with hot, dry conditions expected to continue into next week, the agency is working to balance fighting large fires with mitigating new ones.
“We have a contingent of staff and helicopters available to initiate action on some of these new fires when they start and when they’re small, and we have been able to contain and put out a large number of fires,” he said, noting more than 200 have been extinguished so far.
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As of Thursday afternoon, 129 active fires were reported in the province. Twenty-five were not contained. There have been 369 so far. The province’s five-year average is 209.
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Speaking with reporters, Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency vice president of operations Steve Roberts said with hot, dry conditions expected to continue into next week, the agency is working to balance fighting large fires with mitigating new ones.
“We have a contingent of staff and helicopters available to initiate action on some of these new fires when they start and when they’re small, and we have been able to contain and put out a large number of fires,” he said, noting more than 200 have been extinguished so far.