Hundreds of wildfire evacuees find refuge in Regina
The number of evacuees continues to grow in northern Saskatchewan as dozens of wildfires burn, and now some of those forced from their houses are calling Regina their temporary home.
About 700 people from places like La Ronge, La Loche, and Buffalo Narrows started to arrive in the Queen City late Monday night just before midnight. Many travelled by bus for hours, if they were lucky.
“It took us about a couple of days to get here,” said Dino Janvier from La Loche.
Janvier is staying at the Credit Union Eventplex at Evraz Place, one of two evacuation centres along with the University of Regina. As evacuees stepped off the bus Tuesday and got accustomed to their new surroundings on the grounds of Evraz, they looked exhausted. Several were rubbing their eyes. Others were wrapped in blankets.