Sask. offers fire aid to stricken Alta.
Saskatchewan's forest fire season is underway with 27 fires burning, including one major fire covering an area of more than 800 hectares.
Steve Roberts, executive director of the province's Wildfire Management Branch, said Saskatchewan will help neighbouring Alberta, where disaster has struck the community of Slave Lake, in any way it can.
Alberta has called in hundreds of extra firefighters to fight a 700-hectare fire that's still raging out of control after destroying 40 per cent of the town of Slave Lake — and forcing thousands of people to flee their homes.
"Our aircraft are primarily focused on the west side of the province right now so we could offer support for new fires as they dedicate resources to the big blazes that are going right now for them," said Roberts.
In Saskatchewan, Roberts said the largest fire, about 800 hectares, is burning in the Meadow Lake Provincial Park. Most of Saskatchewan's other fires are on the west side of the province between La Loche and Meadow Lake.
The fires are suspected to have been caused by people burning garbage or by sparks from all-terrain vehicles.
