A view of the Cloverdale wildfire Tuesday afternoon along River Road. (Submitted photo/Amy Fidyk)

By paNOW Staff

Wildfire

Evacuation order issued for Berg subdivision in RM of Garden River

May 19, 2021 | 9:12 AM

Residents in the Berg subdivision within the Rural Municipality of Garden River are being ordered to immediately evacuate due to the Cloverdale fire.

An emergency alert issued shortly after 8:30 a.m. Wednesday morning said the fire is fast-moving.

Individuals that can self-evacuate and find their own accommodations must use Highway 2 S. and proceed to the Margo Fournier Centre at 1211 First Ave. W. and register.

The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says the fire is approximately 3,694 hectares in size and still uncontained. No homes have been destroyed to date.

Ryan Scragg, reeve for the RM of Garden River, told paNOW the evacuation order affects around eight homes in the area.

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“Right now it’s out of an abundance of caution,” Scragg said. “The fire is not there at this moment but it could be with the direction the winds are changing to today.”

An interactive map from Natural Resources Canada shows the size and shape of the fire as of 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. (Screenshot/Natural Resources Canada)

RM residents living within two kilometres of the forest boundary have also been placed on alert.

“We advise any residents within two miles of the forest boundary that they should be prepared for evacuation out of an abundance of caution,” Scragg said.

Scragg explained that within the same area, there’s also another acreage and two large farms.

“They’ve been setting up tanker trucks and sprinklers, and other farmers have been hauling water and getting everybody kind of stocked up and prepared,” he said

Scragg noted there was a fire on one of the acreages on Tuesday, but crews were able to save the structures.

Environment Canada was calling for increasing clouds Wednesday and a high of 9 C; however, winds were expected to gust from 30 to 50 km/h.

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