‘We Lost Everything’: Sask. Woman Watches Community Burn Through Home Camera Footage
- On June 3, 2025, Saskatchewan officials ordered an evacuation of about 7,000 residents from La Ronge after wildfires breached the town and its airport.
- The evacuation followed several weeks of fires that displaced around 8,000 residents and spread across more than 30 communities amid a lack of forecasted rain.
- Premier Scott Moe stated that over 15,000 residents across Saskatchewan have evacuated due to wildfires, with significant damage reported in areas such as Denare Beach in the northern part of the province, including the loss of several family homes.
- Moe indicated that close to 15,000 residents across the province have been displaced due to the wildfires, and confirmed that additional families continue to evacuate as ongoing support operations proceed.
- The ongoing fires signal challenging days ahead for Saskatchewan as evacuees relocate mainly south to Prince Albert and firefighting resources are mobilized.
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The community of Denare Beach was particularly affected by the fires.
‘We lost everything’: Sask. woman watches community burn through home camera footage
Brooke Kindel never thought she’d be preparing to have a baby while also being displaced by a wildfire. But at 35 weeks pregnant, Kindel watched her neighbourhood in Denare Beach, Sask., go up in flames.
Wildfires in Saskatchewan Force Thousands More Residents From Homes
An out-of-control wildfire in the northern part of Saskatchewan has forced thousands more residents to flee their homes, almost doubling the number of people who have already been evacuated. Thousands of people have been evacuated from the town of La Ronge and the surrounding region in addition to the approximately 8,000 residents who were already displaced by fires in Saskatchewan, Premier Scott Moe said in a June 3 press conference. Once all e…

About 15,000 have fled Saskatchewan wildfires and more coming: Premier Moe
UPDATE 1:55 p.m. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says upwards of 15,000 people across his province have fled encroaching wildfires and more are likely in the coming days. Moe says the biggest destruction has been in places like the northern village of Denare Beach, where some family homes have been l...
THE RONG-Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says that more than 15,000 people in Saskatchewan have fled the expanding forest fires, and that more people are likely to be affected in the coming days.
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