REGINA – Saskatchewan officials say the beast that is the Fort McMurray wildfire has “stalled” and not yet crossed into the province. The fire was initially expected to reach Saskatchewan last weekend, but shifting winds have kept it about five kilometres from the provincial boundary and more than 30 kilometres from the community of La Loche.
“Although it is burning fairly intensely, we don’t see a rapid movement,” Saskatchewan emergency management commissioner Duane McKay said Wednesday.
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“Every day I think we predicted that it is going to move. This fire is very large. It obviously has a mind of its own in terms of where it wants to go.”