P.A.National Park wildfire grows, now 20 km away from Waskesiu
The wildfire burning in the Prince Albert National Park has grown closer to Waskesiu but officials say the town remains open and there is no immediate risk there.
The so-called ‘Rabbit Creek Fire’ burning in the southwest corner of the park was just 20 kilometres away from Waskesiu Thursday. The fire is now over 31,000 hectares in size, park officials said, with the most growth on the fire’s northern side.
Incident Commander Jed Cochrane told reporters structure protection devices were being deployed around Waskesiu.
“Basically they are fancy sprinklers with large hose to either deploy on homes themselves or in a perimeter around the community,” Cochrane said Thursday.