Wildfire Update
The Incident Management Team (IMT) continues to support additional firefighting personnel (140) that are joining the Complex this week: 40 wildland firefighters from Quebec arrived at the Complex and were briefed on Monday afternoon. 40 wildland firefighters from Australia are expected to arrive today (July 30). 60 wildland firefighters from South Africa are expected to arrive on Wednesday, July 31.
LWF152
The status of this 474 ha wildfire is OUT OF CONTROL, and it is located approximately 22 km northeast of Conklin and 10 km southeast of Highway 881. Operations staff will assess hotspot areas for bucket-equipped helicopters and prepare to place firefighting crews on the southwestern and northeastern parts of the fire in the coming days.
LWF159
The status of this wildfire is OUT OF CONTROL, and it is located in Dillon River Wildland Provincial Park about 12 km east of Winefred Lake No. 194B. This wildfire is approximately 4,294 ha.
LWF164
The status of this wildfire is OUT OF CONTROL, and it is located approximately 12 km northeast of Conklin and south of Highway 881. This is approximately 1,400 ha. With operations on the west side of Hwy. 881 complete, firefighters are now establishing hoseline on the perimeter of the fire’s northeast ‘finger’. Heavy equipment will continue to establish a dozer guard along the west side of Hwy. 881 and along the northeast corner and southeast perimeter.
LWF175
The status of the wildfire is OUT OF CONTROL. This fire is approximately 125 ha in size and located in Dillon River Wildland Provincial Park, approximately 12 kilometres east of Winefred Lake.
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