SHARE ON: |
| |
| |
 |
 |
|
|
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) has lifted a fire ban for provincial parks and Crown lands, thanks to scattered rain and cooler temperatures.
The ban, which also included the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District (NSAD), was put in place on July 2 due to hot and dry temperatures blanketing the province.
However, Saskatchewan’s active wildfire count so far this year is over double the five-year average and could be the highest in the last decade, according to SPSA vice-president of operations Steve Roberts.
“A fire ban is not predicated strictly on the number of fires. It has to do with the potential of starting unwanted fires, the issues of having to be able to manage fires and heavily weighted towards current weather conditions,” he said.
Some municipalities, rural municipalities and parks in the south may still have a fire ban in place where conditions are still extremely dry, Roberts said.
As of Monday morning, there are 161 active wildfires in Saskatchewan. So far this year, the province has seen 424 wildfires.
Roberts said this is more than in 2015, when wildfires caused thousands in northern Saskatchewan to evacuate their homes. He said those wildfires were much larger, whereas the current situation is a large number of smaller fires.
Joan Hrycyk, director of emergency and crisis support, said the SPSA is providing services to 84 evacuees due to the Lock fire, impacting Dillon and Michel Village. It’s also providing services to 12 evacuees from Whelan Bay due to the White fire; however, that evacuation order has now been lifted and they can start returning home.
Maurice Ratt is the emergency response coordinator for the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB).
“So far, the wildfire situation has improved quite a bit. We had significant rainfall in the area, so we were able to start containing the majority of the fires and crews have been making good progress,” he said.
The community of Grandmother’s Bay voluntarily evacuated as a wildfire crept in only a kilometre away, but evacuees are heading home on Monday. Stanley Mission also had a fire about five kilometres away.
None of these wildfires are a threat to the communities anymore, Ratt said.
He encouraged band members to keep an eye on the LLRIB Emergency Response Facebook page.
“With any wildfire, it can change rapidly and we’re expecting some more warm weather this week, so we might see some heavy smoke again, some flare-ups.”
The SPSA has brought in local firefighters from across the province to help manage the wildfires, but none from outside of Saskatchewan.
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
9 pm |
| 25 ℃ |
| SCATTERED CLOUDS |
WIND: SSE 16 KM/H
GUSTING TO 35 KM/H |
|
|
 |
10 pm |
| 25 ℃ |
| SCATTERED CLOUDS |
WIND: SE 17 KM/H
GUSTING TO 34 KM/H |
|
|
|
11 pm |
| 24 ℃ |
| SCATTERED CLOUDS |
WIND: SSE 19 KM/H
GUSTING TO 38 KM/H |
|
|
 |
12 am |
| 23 ℃ |
| FEW CLOUDS |
WIND: SSE 15 KM/H
GUSTING TO 34 KM/H |
|
|
 |
1 am |
| 21 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: SSE 14 KM/H
GUSTING TO 23 KM/H |
|
|
|
2 am |
| 19 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: SSE 13 KM/H
GUSTING TO 17 KM/H |
|
|
|
3 am |
| 19 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: SSE 12 KM/H
GUSTING TO 14 KM/H |
|
|
|
4 am |
| 18 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: SSE 9 KM/H
GUSTING TO 9 KM/H |
|
|
|
 |
TODAY |
HIGH OF 29 ℃
LOW OF 15 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
|
|
|
SATURDAY |
HIGH OF 34 ℃
LOW OF 18 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
|
|
 |
SUNDAY |
HIGH OF 35 ℃
LOW OF 20 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
|
|
|
MONDAY |
HIGH OF 32 ℃
LOW OF 21 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
|
|
|
TUESDAY |
HIGH OF 28 ℃
LOW OF 19 ℃ |
| BROKEN CLOUDS |
|
|
 |
WEDNESDAY |
HIGH OF 23 ℃
LOW OF 16 ℃ |
| MODERATE RAIN |
|
|
|
THURSDAY |
HIGH OF 22 ℃
LOW OF 15 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
|
|
|
FRIDAY |
HIGH OF 23 ℃
LOW OF 15 ℃ |
| LIGHT RAIN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
OUTRUN THE FALL
THE RATTLER
09:11 PM |
|
 |
ISSUES
DOWNFALL
09:07 PM |
|
 |
PAPA ROACH
BEFORE I DIE
09:03 PM |
|
 |
KISS
ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT
09:00 PM |
|
 |
NOTHING MORE
ANGEL
08:54 PM |
|
 |
KINGDOM COLLAPSE
NEVER BE LIKE YOU
08:50 PM |
|
 |
PALAYE ROYALE
BEEN TOO LONG
08:47 PM |
|
 |
ESCAPE THE FATE
LEGEND
08:41 PM |
|
 |
CRYING TOMORROW
L I E S
08:36 PM |
|
 |
THE FUNERAL PORTRAIT
HAPPIER THAN YOU
08:32 PM |
|
 
 |
