95 active wildfires reported across Saskatchewan

The number of progressive wildfires successful Saskatchewan is getting adjacent to triple digits arsenic overmuch of nan province’s bluish region is nether a occurrence ban.

On Monday, nan Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency reported 95 progressive wildfires, 16 of which are not contained.

This brings nan number of wildfires truthful acold this twelvemonth to 350, pinch nan five-year mean typically sitting astir 237 by this clip of year.

That being said, overmuch of nan state sits astatine a debased to mean threat connected nan fire upwind index.

FireSmoke.ca projections show overmuch of nan state will beryllium covered by ray smoke, but nan air value wellness index for some Regina and Saskatoon beryllium astatine a debased risk.

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A provincial occurrence prohibition for crown lands and provincial parks was declared connected Thursday by nan Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, pinch nan statement encouraging municipalities to measure their occurrence consequence arsenic good and see occurrence bans.

At nan clip erstwhile nan SPSA declared nan occurrence ban, location were 73 wildfires burning successful nan state connected Thursday.