Weeks after the blazes sparked, fire officials in Saddle Hills County are happy to report that both are now listed as “being held”
The larger of the two fires, located around 10 kilometres southeast of the Saddle Hills landfill is being held at 159 hectares as of 4:00 p.m. Wednesday. Three helicopters and four ground crews have been deployed and will continue actioning the flames in the coming days.
The second fire, located, sitting just over 4 kilometres northeast of Albright Lake is being held at around 44 hectares in size as of the most recent report from Alberta Wildfire. Two ground crews and one helicopter have been tasked with working on hotspots within the perimeter.
It’s likely firefighting crews on both wildfires will continue to seeks out and extinguish hotspots along their perimeters; however, dangerous firefighting conditions remain due to falling trees and ash pits, according to Alberta Wildfire.
Airspace restrictions remain in place and officials are reminding any would-be drone pilots that aircraft cannot be flown within 10 kilometres of a blaze as doing so can interfere with aerial firefighting operations and ultimately could land you in legal trouble.
