A photo taken when La Ronge Fire Department was tackling a wildfire in the Mowery Subdivision. Photo courtesy Facebook, Kandis Riese.
The La Ronge Regional Fire Department has announced a fire ban for the Town of La Ronge, the Village of Air Ronge and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band #156 and 156B.
No open fires are allowed, although propane barbecues and briquettes are allowed.
The fire ban is in effect until further notice.
La Ronge Mayor Thomas Sierzycki says with the warm, dry spring, everyone needs to be reminded to be careful.
“To ensure that our residents and the public in general are using caution and of course are really practicing fire smart principles, we know from last fire season that it can change very quickly, at the same time let’s not get too excited, there’s things in place for certain responses, people just need to be smart about what they are doing”.
Sierzycki says a fire in the north end of La Ronge Monday afternoon is still under investigation and it is not know what sparked the blaze.
“There was no burning permits issued for that area, so again it leads to speculation of sorts, the RCMP and the fire department will continue to investigate and that’s up for their discussion.
Members of the La Ronge Regional Fire Department and crews from the Ministry of Environment were called late in the afternoon.
The blaze was brought under control later in the evening.