US EditionCanadian soldiers head home as wildfires continue to abate in Saskatchewan
Half of 300 Canadian Armed Forces members have returned as wildfire threats lessen; over 10,000 evacuees are coming home after the most active fire season in years, officials said.
- As of Wednesday, Canadian soldiers are returning home from Saskatchewan, with half of the 300 Canadian Armed Forces members already redeployed and others scheduled to return Thursday.
- An unusually large fire season forced mass evacuations in northern Saskatchewan, displacing more than 10,000 residents and prompting 33 evacuation orders, Steve Roberts said this has "by far been the largest fire season in Saskatchewan."
- Officials report 49 active wildfires in Saskatchewan, six uncontained, while the Buhl Fire near Prince Albert National Park, Pisew Fire outside La Ronge, and others have been contained; Denare Beach suffered severe residential losses.
- Favourable weather has enabled many evacuees to go home, including Beauval residents, even as some communities remain evacuated and the province's state of emergency continues.
- Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency leaders said they will retain some out-of-province crews and rely on local Type 3 firefighters, with Steve Roberts adding, `I have nothing but excellent recommendations for our crews.
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Canadian soldiers head home as wildfires continue to abate in Saskatchewan (Canada)
Canadian soldiers deployed to help fight wildfires in Saskatchewan are going home. Steve Roberts, with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, says half of the 300 Canadian Armed Forces members have already returned to their home bases while the other half go back Thursday. Roberts says that based on...
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Canadian soldiers head home as wildfires continue to abate in Saskatchewan
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External resources begin leaving province as wildfire threats wind down
As wildfire issues in Saskatchewan begin to lessen the Canadian Armed Forces are preparing to return home. The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says half of the soldiers deployed to the province were redeployed today (Wednesday) with the remaining soldiers to return to other posts on Friday. The SPSA says other external supports from Australia and Quebec have also returned home. Officials say there are currently 49 active wildfires in the provi…
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