A photo taken of a bush fire Saturday afternoon west of Christopher Lake. (Lakeland and District Fire Dept.)

By Nigel Maxwell

Fire response

District of Lakeland issues fire ban

May 10, 2021 | 12:00 PM

UPDATE: As of 11 a.m. May 25, the District of Lakeland has removed their fire ban.

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Due to dry, windy conditions and the potential for something really bad happening, the District of Lakeland has issued a fire ban for the municipality.

Until further notice, no person is allowed to start a fire of any kind whatsoever in the open air.

All burning permits, if any, issued for the burning of any material within the municipality are hereby suspended effective the date of this order. The lighting or discharge of fireworks is strictly prohibited.

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CSA-approved propane heating devices and barbecues, pressurized stoves, or charcoal briquettes may be used for cooking and heating purposes. Any charcoal briquette use shall be done in a con-combustible container made of heavy gauge metal.

A map provided by the Sask. Public Safety Agency. (Facebook/ District of Lakeland)

The fire ban notice comes after a number of fires over the weekend in the district.

Early Saturday afternoon, the Lakeland Fire Department responded to a grass/ bush fire 12 km west of Christopher Lake.

Crews arrived on scene of a fire about 10 acres in size and managed to contain the fire within an hour. They then spent several hours mopping up the scene. The fire was about 25 acres in size once it was extinguished.

Friday afternoon, fire crews responded to a grass fire, south east of Paddockwood.

Crews arrived on scene to a 20 acre grass fire in a yard site. Crews worked on values protection and spent several hours working on hot spots.

Fire bans have also been issued in the neighbouring Rural Municipalities (RM) of Prince Albert, Buckland, Paddockwood, Shellbrook and Spiritwood.

To date, there have been 77 wildfires in the province—two are considered active.

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