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Not much has changed from the latest Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) wildfire update.
Crews continue to battle 13 active fires across the province, four of which are not contained, including the Shoe, Wolf and Pisew fires.
Active fires in the province on June 16, 2025. (Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency)
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On Monday, the SPSA lifted the provincial fire ban, due to “favourable weather conditions.”
Provincial parks, municipalities and RMs may still have their own local fire ban, restriction or advisory in place, which can be found on the government’s website.
“The public is reminded to stay diligent in preventing new wildfires while enjoying time spent outside,” the update read.
Fire bans in the province on June 17, 2025. (Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency)
The Shoe Fire is still the largest in the province at 554,484 hectares, which is just smaller than the size of Prince Edward Island at 566,000 hectares.
This fire is keeping community members from East Trout Lake and Whiteswan/Whelan Bay away from their homes.
Other evacuated communities include Creighton, Denare Beach and priority individuals in Cumberland House.
Evacuees still not registered are encouraged to do so through the Sask Evac Web Application.
Over 350 values lost
On Monday, the SPSA confirmed more than 350 values like houses, sheds, quads, snowmobiles, trailers or boats have been lost across the province because of the fires.
The SPSA said this number is expected to increase to over 500 as damages continue to be assessed when it is safe to do so.
One of the hardest hit communities has been Denare Beach.
Cyndi Pedwell watched her home in the community burn through her doorbell camera, until the fire fried her internet cord.
With only a few things she was able to take, irreplaceable treasures like family photo albums, collectibles, handmade cards, and her kids school art projects were lost to the flames. (Submitted)
The SPSA will have a better number of damages to this area later this week.
Fires in Saskatchewan on June 17
As of 3 p.m. on Tuesday, 13 active fires were burning in Saskatchewan on June 17.
SPSA said in its daily report that four of those blazes were not contained, while two of the fires were under ongoing assessment and firefighters were protecting values in one. Six fires were considered contained.
Contained means suppression action is taking place and the fire is not expected to grow in size, ongoing assessment means the fire is being monitored regularly to assess risk to values in the area and not contained means suppression action is taking place but the fire is expected to grow in size, according to SPSA. Protecting values means a fire is active and action is focused on protecting things like cabins and infrastructure.
While the provincial fire ban has been lifted, there are still active bans in 43 urban municipalities, 94 rural municipalities and 28 provincial parks in the province, with the fire danger considered high to moderate for much of the province.
SPSA says there have been 257 fires in Saskatchewan so far in 2025. The five-year average to date for Saskatchewan wildfires is 156.
Fire risk in the province on June 17, 2025. (Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency)
