The Estevan Fire Rescue Service (EFRS) was called to fire south of the city Wednesday evening.
The call about the outdoor uncontrolled fire happening at the cabins along Boundary Dam came in at 7:30 p.m. The strong winds that were shaking Estevanraised the danger level for the call.
Crews responded immediately and upon arrival, they found that the situation turned out to be different than originally reported.
“It was indeed found it wasn’t an uncontrolled fire. It was intentionally started,” said Estevan Fire Chief Dale Feser.
“We wanted to make sure that we put the fire out quickly so that the wind wasn’t going to take it and spread it across, causing a very large wildland fire.”
Crews were able to successfully extinguish the fire and bring it under control.
Feser said there was a substantial amount of debris that was on fire. It took firefighters some time to soak down the pile to ensure there were no flames remaining that the wind could spread over to dry vegetation leading to a serious wildland fire.
Firefighters cleared the scene just before 9 p.m.
