The new fire that broke out earlier this week in the Wood Buffalo National Park was put under control by fire crews. It is not expected to grow any larger.
Fire 27 remains at approximately 2.4 hectares and is located 10 km west of Hay Camp. Crews continued work yesterday on this fire and will continue to action today, with help from helicopter bucketing as required.
These fires pose no risk to any communities at this time.
Just over 24 mm of rain has fallen on the Davidson Lake fires since Tuesday afternoon. The precipitation has helped, and will continue to help, crews on the ground as they work over the next few days to extinguish 100 feet in around the spot fire located just off the western edge of Fire 14.
Dozers made progress in the Pine Lake Complex yesterday on a guard (also known as a fuel break) being constructed just north of Fire 7’s northwestern finger. Once completed, this guard will help limit the spread of the fire, increase access for crews to do direct suppression work and may be used to initiate backburns. Helicopters will bucket the fire’s northwestern finger as needed today to limit the spread of the fire to the north.
Crews continue to do work in the Pine Lake area to establish extinguishment 50-100 feet in around values and along guards. This is tedious, hard work and crews are making good progress.
