BIGGAR, SASK.—Saskatchewan’s fire commissioner is urging people across the province not to have open fires as a wildfire around the town of Biggar sparked a state of emergency and some evacuations. Saskatchewan’s fire commissioner is urging people across the province not to have open fires as a wildfire around the town of Biggar sparked a state of emergency and some evacuations. ( Kayle Neis / THE CANADIAN PRESS )He says crews are also trying to move cattle away from pastureland threatened by the 15-square-kilometre fire. She says the change in wind to the northwest is pushing the blaze away from populated areas. Firefighters from four outside communities were helping Biggar and area emergency personnel.

Source: thestar April 23, 2019 14:16 UTC