Sask. experiencing widespread smoke, hot weather [Video]

If you’re in the northern or central Saskatchewan, then you’ve likely been in the thick of the smoke – largely the result of fires burning across the province’s north.

“We’ve had 407 fires so far this year. Normally we’d have 274. So we’ve been very busy,” Steve Roberts, VP of Operations for the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) told CTV News.

“We have a lot of active fires right now, and those fires are producing a fair bit of local smoke, and that’s being added to some smoke that’s drifted in from our partners to the west.”

According to Roberts, some of the smoke could also be coming from fires burning to the west in Alberta, adding to the intensity.

As of Monday there were just over 100 fires burning out of control in the province. Detailed maps of wildfires burning are available on SPSA’s website.

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