Rebuild on Nemeiben Lake begins after wildfires engulfed several cabins
The fires have passed and the smoldering debris has been shut down by weeks of rain; now cabin owners on Nemeiben Lake can start to rebuild.
“The first wave of fires took about 15 cabins and the second wave which I was involved in, we probably lost about three cabins out of 17 that were left,” said Bill Elliot, one of the cabin owners who stayed put while the rest of the lake homes were evacuated.
With a fishing boat and a GPS, Elliot battled through thick smoke as he coordinated fuel delivery drop-offs with Saskatchewan Resource Management officers, so he and a friend could refuel the multiple sprinkler systems on his neighbour’s cabins, making sure they didn’t burn to the ground.
With the chaos behind him, Elliot said he felt a little lost.