What you need to know about the Saskatchewan wildfires

National Post

30-05-2025

Thousands of people in Saskatchewan have been forced to leave their homes and flee to nearby cities as massive wildfires have ravaged through communities and campgrounds, and blocked off highways for evacuation routes. Here's what we know as of Friday morning about the wildfires …
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Communities under evacuation orders include Pelican Narrows, Hall Lake, Brabant Lake, Canoe Lake, Lower Fishing Lake, Piprell Lake, East Trout Lake, Little Bear Lake and Whiteswan Bay. Additional communities also facing evacuation orders include Narrow Hills Provincial Park, the Resort division of Trout Lake, Smeaton, Choiceland, Love, Creighton, Sikachu Lake Clam bridge, and Flin Flon, Man.
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Provincewide, Saskatchewan declared a state of emergency in its fight against the rampaging wildfires. The declaration by Premier Scott Moe came one day after his Manitoba counterpart Wab Kinew did the same.
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'We do need some rainfall. We need that sooner rather than later, and in light of that not being in the forecast, we most certainly are putting in place every measure possible to prepare the province.'
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Notable fires include the Shoe Lake fire in Narrow Hills provincial park, which combined with the Camp fire, approximately 140 kilometers northeast of Prince Albert. The fire, which orginated in early May, has grown to over 216,000 hectares.
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The Pisew fire, located west of La Ronge., is growing out-of-control at over 55,873 hectares. The blaze is around 250 kilometres north of Prince Albert.
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The Flin Flon fire, located on the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border near Creighton, started at a landfill before crossing over the Manitoba border. It has grown to over 20,000 hectares. The area remains under a state of emergency with up to 125 firefighters deployed.
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Located west of Denare Beach, and threatening the McIlveena mine, the Wolf fire has burned over 6,385 hectares.
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Burning northeast of Pelican Narrows, Sask. 120 kilometres northwest of Creighton, the Pelican 2 fire has grown to over 2,000 hectares.
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In the community of Weyakwin and Weyakwin Lake, located around 150 kilometres north of Prince Albert, the Ditch02 fire has burnt through over 1,250 hectares. The fire is classified as human-caused.