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Fire ban in effect for all of Saskatchewan
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Northern residents get power restored after three-day outage
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Public safety agency says Prince Albert wildfire now contained
About 8,000 homes in northern Saskatchewan remain without power as of Thursday afternoon.
Communities such as La Ronge, Air Ronge, Stanley Mission and Montreal Lake have been without electricity since Monday due to a fire burning northeast of Prince Albert.
According to SaskPower, the Cloverdale Fire has destroyed 15 power pole structures causing the large-scale outages.
SaskPower crews have been working on the damaged infrastructure since Wednesday but corporation spokesperson Joel Cherry said they have run into some delays.
“We’ve experienced some equipment issues and we have had to contend with some extremely difficult boggy terrain around some of the structures and we’ve had some trac machines get stuck,” he said. “So, because of this we’ve had to adjust our estimated restore time to eight o’clock this (Thursday) evening. We have all the necessary equipment and materials on site. So, it’s just a m
Northern Sask. residents could have power restored by Thursday
SaskPower says it hopes to restore power to about 8,000 northern Saskatchewan residents as soon as Thursday.
Communities such as La Ronge, Air Ronge, Stanley Mission, and Montreal Lake have been without electricity since Monday due to a wildfire burning northeast of Prince Albert.
Roughly 15 power pole structures have been damaged by the Cloverdale Fire.
SaskPower spokesperson Joel Cherry said crews are now working on the damaged infrastructure with the goal of restoring power in the next 24 hours.
“If we have to do additional line stringing or, for whatever reason our crews have to leave the area, it could be longer,” he said. “Maybe Friday or Saturday but things right now are trending toward the more optimistic scenario.”