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Loon Lake community meeting tells returning residents what to expect
‘It’s been a tough five weeks’ says one person as residents prepare to return home.
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Aug. 20: Guard around 100 per cent of Canim Lake and Hawkins Lake fire
Fire behaviour is fairly minimal at the moment given the high relative humidity levels
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Aug. 19: Elephant Hill fire now 25 per cent contained
Fire stayed within control lines on all flanks of fire today
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Fire south of Buffalo Lake a holdover from earlier lightning
“Yesterday with a little bit of wind, the fire heated up and became visible to us”
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Aug. 19: South Canim Lake fire guard was tested but held
“Crews will continue to work today to extinguish any hot spots”
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Loon Lake residents can return home as of 1 p.m. Sunday
Surrounding areas still on order
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Aug. 18: Elephant Hill fire remains behind guard lines and south of Green Lake
“It doesn’t look like the perimeter changed much this afternoon”
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Strong variable winds this weekend expected to increase wildfire activity
Priorities: protecting first responders, public, transportation routes, fighting new fires
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Aug. 18: “Everything is going well,” on fires near Canim Lake, Hawkins Lake
Winds expected today and into weekend
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Wildfires and a SD27 return to school plan
Schools will remain closed in areas under an evacuation alert or order SD 27 said.
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