Source: Micki Cowan, CBC News, November 5, 2017
Firefighters from at least 22 communities gathered to fight the massive, fast-moving blanket of flames
The wildfires that spread through southwestern Saskatchewan last month were unlike anything Fire Chief Russell Job had ever seen.
The winds on Oct. 17 reached up to 130 kilometres per hour in the area. More than 34,000 hectares of land burned in fires that rapidly spread — and were difficult to both find and fight without getting injured..
Image Source: Three firefighters comb the fields near Burstall, Sask., amidst wildfires in the region. (Submitted by Darius Cheddar)
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