Wildfire Situation Update
This information is current as of June 18, 2025, at 11:00 hrs and may be subject to change.
For more information on active incidents please visit the SPSA Interactive Wildfire Map. Information regarding wildfire weather smoke can be found at FireSmoke Canada. For information on highway access, visit SK Highway Hotline. Listed below are active wildfires that are large, complex or located close to communities.
Lower Fishing Lake (25LF-SHOE)
Northeast of Missinipe (25LA-JAYMITH)
West of La Ronge (25LA-PISEW)
West of Denare Beach (25DB-WOLF)
A PDF version and previous Wildfire Situation updates can be found here.
Lower Fishing Lake (25LF-SHOE)
| Fire Reported Date |
May 7, 2025 |
| Current Size | 554,484.0 ha. (as of 11:00 hrs) |
| Status | Not Contained |
| Resources | Type 1 Crew Members, Type 2 Crews, Type 3 Crews, Heavy Equipment Support, Helicopter Support, Air Tanker Support, Out of Province Support |
| Communities <20km | Lower Fishing Lakes, Caribou Creek, Piprell Lake, East Trout Lake, Little Bear Lake/Moose Horn, Whelan Bay/Whiteswan, Choiceland, Garrick, Snowden, Smeaton, Candle Lake |
| Values in Area | SaskPower Infrastructure, Highways 106, 120, 692, 912 and 913, cabins/lodges in area, Gem Lakes Campground, Narrow Hills Provincial Park, Clarence-Steepbank Lakes Provincial Park, Logging camp, SPSA Fire Base |
| Weather | Max. Temp: 18C. Min. RH: 85%. Winds: Generally E 10-25 km/h. Precipitation: up to 8 mm in rain showers. The surface inversion is expected to break around 09:00 CST Wednesday morning. An upper trough will continue to bring cloudy skies and rain showers with a risk of thundershowers to the area. Up to 10 mm, winds gusting 70 km/h and a risk of hail possible in thundershowers. |
| Evacuations | East Trout Lake, Whiteswan/Whelan Bay |
| Impacts | Values lost. Closures of HWYs 912 and 913. Intermittent closures of HWY 106. Closure of Narrow Hills Provincial Park. East Trout-Nipekamew Lakes Recreation Site is closed. |
Heavy mop-up and direct attack occurred on the fire June 17. Fire is at 40% containment with work continuing across the fire. The NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) was adjusted the afternoon of June 17 and moved west to allow air traffic back into Candle Lake. In Division North, work continues on clearing hazard trees to access East Trout Lake with 4km to be finished June 18. Crews continue to patrol from East Trout Lake down to Whelan Bay, with no heat found. Crews worked hotspots in Piprell Lake area with pumps and a water tender to work hot spots in dozer pushes. Crews also patrolled Little Bear and MooseHorn.
Silver City Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC) anchored in off HWY 120 and began working south along the perimeter towards pad 25. Idaho Panhandle IHC scouted and will begin going direct on the perimeter north of HWY 120 June 18. Division South continued work from the division break on the west, flying in crews to work from helicopter pads to secure the southwest corner.
Crews working the dozer pushes to the east and west of HWY 106, just north of Smeaton found no heat by the end of shift June 17. Crews continue to work hotspots at Kelsey Lake over to Harding Road and the far southeast corner. Structure group pulled protection off structures north of the community of Love.
Northeast of Missinipe (25LA-JAYSMITH)
| Fire Reported Date |
May 20, 2025 |
| Current Size | 165,328.0 ha. (as of 11:00 hrs) |
| Status | Protecting Values |
| Resources | Type 1 Crew Members, Type 2 Crew Members, Helicopter Support, Air Tanker Support, contracted float planes |
| Communities <20km | Brabant |
| Values in Area | SaskPower Infrastructure, Highway 102, cabins /lodge in area, Kimos Golden Mine Site (Not staffed). |
| Weather | Partly cloudy, temp 18C, RH 28%, winds light and variable (L/V). Precipitation trace amounts in showers. |
| Impacts | Values lost. |
Fire line assessment continues, with the objective to secure area from Sucker Lake to Upper Nistowasni Lake. Crews are working from helicopter pads to patrol the line and extinguish hotspots.
West of La Ronge (25LA-PISEW)
| Fire Reported Date |
May 21, 2025 |
| Current Size | 181,765.0 ha. (as of 11:00 hrs) |
| Status | Not Contained |
| Resources | Type 1 Crew Members, Type 2 Crews, Type 3 Crews, Helicopter Support, Air Tanker Supports, Heavy Equipment Support, Out of Province Supports |
| Communities <20km | Besnard Lake, Hall Lake, Clam Lake, Wadin Bay, Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB), La Ronge, Air Ronge, Nemeiben Lake, Sucker River, English Bay, Wadin Bay, Sikachu, Eagle Point, Potato Lake, Lamp Lake, Rabbit Creek, Napatak |
| Values in Area | SaskPower Infrastructure, SaskTel Infrastructure, SaskEnergy Infrastructure, Highways 2, 102, 165, 910, 935 Highways Camp, cabins in area, SPSA Fire Base, La Ronge Airport |
| Weather | Max. Temp: 18C. Min. RH: 45%. Winds: NE 10-20 G30 km/h Precipitation: NIL. A broad upper trough will continue to bring cloudy skies with a small chance of rain showers in the area. An arctic high will bring relatively calm winds and stable conditions to the region making the risk of thundershowers for the area very low. |
| Impacts | Values Lost. Closure of bridge at Clam Crossing (Highway 935), Closure of Lac La Ronge Provincial Park (until June 26). Power and communications outages. |
Crews continue to reinforce control lines in and around subdivisions for the shift. Division Y (Yankee) will be staffed with fully qualified division supervisors and IHC type 1 hand crews. Crews will be doing direct attack on the burn between Bigstone and Egg Lakes. Operations will continue to utilize aircraft in the other divisions for transportation and water delivery support.
West of Denare Beach (25DB-WOLF)
| Fire Reported Date |
May 6, 2025 |
| Current Size | 130,822.0 ha on SK side (as of 11:00 hrs) |
| Status | Not Contained |
| Resources | Type 1 Crew Members, Type 2 Crews, Type 3 Crews, Helicopter Support, Air Tanker Support |
| Communities <20km | Jan Lake, Denare Beach, Creighton, Flin Flon |
| Values in Area | McIlveena Mine Site, SaskPower Infrastructure, SaskTel Infrastructure, cabins in area, HWY 135, HWY 106, HWY 167, SPSA Fire Base |
| Weather |
Mix of sun and cloud, temp 19C, RH 35%, winds NE 5-20, trace amounts in showers. |
| Evacuations | Denare Beach, Creighton, Flin Flon |
| Impacts | Closure of HWY 106 JCT 135 to Creighton, closure of HWY 167, values lost in Denare Beach. |
Crews continue to action hot spots surrounding Creighton and Denare Beach and along HWY’s 106 and 167 and monitor surrounding area for any fire activity that begins to flare up.