Winnipeg Free Press By: Sarah Lawrynuik | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Friday, Jul. 23, 2021 Save to Read Later
For several days in the summer of 2017 residents of southwestern Alberta waited with bated breath as the smoky haze filled their homes and lungs the Kenow wildfire was blazing its way through eastern British Columbia near the U.S. border towards Waterton Lakes National Park in their corner of the province.
For several days in the summer of 2017 residents of southwestern Alberta waited with bated breath as the smoky haze filled their homes and lungs the Kenow wildfire was blazing its way through eastern British Columbia near the U.S. border towards Waterton Lakes National Park in their corner of the province.
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WINNIPEG The Manitoba Wildfire Service will be gradually easing some fire and travel restrictions with the recent rainfall, though parts of the province are still facing high to extreme fire danger levels. The province said as of Thursday, all burning permits remain cancelled across Manitoba, and new ones will not be issued until conditions get better. A large area north of the Wanipigow River, east of Lake Winnipeg to the Ontario border, including Atikaki Provincial Park, and north to Poplar River (Area 4) is closed, and a full travel ban is in effect. The province said permanent residents in this area have to be ready to leave their homes on an hour s notice.
It s not so much the number of fires, but their intensity, he says. We have to be careful and pick the right fires to attack so we can do it safely and not put our crews in jeopardy, he said.
With much of western Canada and northwestern Ontario in a similar situation, getting additional resources has been challenging, as there is only so much equipment and so many firefighters to go around.
Help on the way
The arrival of Canadian Armed Forces personnel on Friday should help.
Schafer says they will be tasked with extinguishing hot spots in fires that are close to being extinguished to free up other firefighters to battle more difficult blazes.
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