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Wildfires update: 85 current fires

Not much change to report from the previous day’s report from SPSA.
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Here is the map of the current active fires in Saskatchewan. Those in red are not contained, blue are contained, purple are ongoing assessment and yellow are protecting values.

REGINA - Here is a wildfire update for Tuesday as released by the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency.

As of 10:30 a.m. there are 85 active wildfires in Saskatchewan. Of those five are contained, 17 are not contained, 43 are ongoing assessments, and 20 are listed as protecting values.

SPSA also is reporting communities are currently under an evacuation order:

Resort Subdivision of Lac La Plonge; La Plonge Reserve; Northern Hamlet of Jans Bay; Patuanak/English River First Nation; Northern Village of Pinehouse; Canoe Lake Cree First Nation/Canoe Narrows; Resort Subdivision of Little Amyot Lake, as well as priority individuals from the Northern Village of Beauval; and, Île-à-la-Crosse.

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