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Storage shed fires keep Saskatoon fire crews busy
Investigators are trying to figure out how a fire sparked up in Saskatoon's Pleasant Hill neighbourhood Thursday. Fire crews were called to around 4:00 p.m. after multiple sheds had gone up in flames ...
May 24, 2019 Saskatoon fire crews worked to contain a blaze on Avenue T South on May 23, 2019. (Submitted/Saskatoon fire)
2 houses damaged in blaze in Saskatoon
Saskatoon fire investigators are pointing to a cigarette left in a planter on a back deck as the likely cause of a blaze that seriously damaged a pair of homes. Crews were called out shortly before 7 ...
May 22, 2019 Damage from a fire that spread to a pair of homes in Saskatoon's Confederation Park on May 21, 2019 was estimated at $750,000. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Saskatoon fire department responds to grass fire
Saskatoon fire crews put out a grass fire west of the city Tuesday. The fire department was called around 7:45 p.m. with reports of a grass fire close to Highway 7. Crews arrived to find two blazes bu...
May 15, 2019 The Saskatoon Fire Department responded to a grass fire west of the city near Highway 7 on May 14, 2019. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Workers safe after fire at Allan potash mine
A fire at a potash mine southeast of Saskatoon saw dozens of workers stuck in refuge stations for several hours Tuesday. Nutrien spokesman Will Tigley told 650 CKOM that the blaze broke out sometime a...
May 14, 2019 The Allan potash mine is located just over 50 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon, Sask. (Nutrien)
Sprinkler system contains fire at Lawson Heights Mall
Investigators are looking into the cause of a small fire at the Lawson Heights Mall Thursday night. Just before midnight fire crews were called to Urban Trail. Upon arrival, crews found water flowing ...
May 10, 2019 Saskatoon fire crews were called to a small fire at Urban trail in the Lawson Heights Mall on May 9th, 2019 (Saskatoon Fire Department)
$1M damage in Saskatoon fire
Damage is pegged in the $1 million dollar range after two homes went up in flames in Saskatoon. The call came in at around 4:30 Saturday afternoon. Everyone was out by the time crews arrived on Sallou...
Apr 29, 2019 The Saskatoon Fire Department said an improperly disposed-of cigarette was the cause of a blaze that caused an estimated $1 million to a pair of homes in the Evergreen neighbourhood on April 28,2019. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Stonebridge condo fire sparked by cigarette put out in flower pot
At least three homes are destroyed after a fire burned through a townhouse complex in Saskatoon's Stonebridge neighbourhood Saturday. Crews were called to the fire at Langlois Way shortly before 9:30 ...
Apr 27, 2019 Fire crews race to control a fire at a townhouse complex in Stonebridge on April 27, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Biggar fire under control, but crews remain on scene
A wildfire burning southwest of Saskatoon near Biggar is now under control. The Town of Biggar provided an update shortly after 5 p.m. on the fire that has been burning since Monday. In a post to the ...
Apr 25, 2019 An aerial view of the Biggar fire on April 24, 2019 taken from the flight deck of a passing plane. (Travis Linford/Twitter)
Crews contain fast-moving grass fire on Sweetgrass First Nation
By Tyler Marr As of 8 p.m. Tuesday, the smoke had subsided and fire crews appeared to have a handle on a once fast-moving grass fire that posed a risk to the Sweetgrass First Nation, Table Mountain ar...
Apr 24, 2019 The melted siding of a home on the Sweetgrass First Nation is seen after a fast-moving grass fire tore through the area. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW)
State of emergency as fire burns southwest of Biggar
The Government of Saskatchewan reported late Tuesday morning that the fire that has been burning near Biggar since Monday was no longer posing a threat to the town. During a conference call, Provincia...
Apr 23, 2019 A brush fire seen in the Argo Bush southwest of Biggar on April 22, 2019. (Karen Itterman/Twitter)
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