A grass fire burned east of Regina on April 8, 2021. (Cheryl Keir/Submitted)
Fire crews in the province have been busier than ever this spring.
Darren Kraft is the fire captain of the Asquith fire department, located about 40 km west of Saskatoon.
He says the bone-dry conditions have created lots of challenges.
“Probably over the last five years, it has just gotten worse and worse every single year,” he said. “We have responded to around 15 to 20 grassfires since the end of March.
“Before that, if we had five at this point, that was a lot.”
According to Kraft, responding to grass fires in March was considered a rare occurrence — something that changed drastically this year.