The residents of the northern village of Pinehouse, Sask., Had a long trip south on Wednesday night after forest fires forced them to evacuate Regina by convoy.
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The Facebook page for the town, which is about 575 kilometers northwest of Regina, asked residents on Wednesday to packet slightly and prepare for the southern trip.
“This will be a long trip, since we will go farther to the south. Past water, snacks, anything that needs for a long trip,” said the post.
Buses were available to take residents to Regina, according to the post.
The community is being threatened by the Muskeg fire, which also invaded the neighboring community of Beauval.
The vice president of the Public Security Agency of Saskatchewan (SPSA), Steve Roberts, said the east side of that fire, in front of Beauval, is now affecting the area around Pinehouse.
“That community will now be under an evacuation order and eliminate all its non -essential residents,” Roberts said.
Meanwhile, the non -vulnerable residents of Beauval were allowed to return home yesterday. The mayor of Beauval, Rick Laliberte, previously told CBC that the community is better protected from Muskeg’s fire, since there is a river that separates it from the people.
“The southern part of the fire has been very well insured,” Roberts said, but other areas of the Muskeg fire are threatening communities such as English River First Nation and Patunak’s village.
Roberts said that 11 communities in Saskatchewan were currently evacuated and that around 3,000 people are displaced in Saskatchewan due to forest fires, until Wednesday afternoon.
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