High winds and extreme weather conditions on Friday, July 04 pushed a fire near Consolation Lake toward Reid Lake. This fire is currently 11 kilometres east of the Ingraham Trail.

Environment and Natural Resources have brought in additional resources, including an Incident Management Team, to support operations. Today personnel will continue to assess the situation and plan operations to begin securing the southern flank of the fire tomorrow.

The Ingraham Trail remains closed beyond kilometre 38 and all parks and day use areas beyond this point are closed until further notice. 

Updates will be provided once a day on weekends at 3:00pm and twice daily on week days at 11:00 am and 3:00pm until further notice.

Residents: 

For more information on matters related to evacuation and emergency efforts pursuant to this situation please call:
24-Hour Emergency Call Line
867 920 2303

Media:

For more information please call:
Judy McLinton – Environment and Natural Resources
867 445 2297