Sask Wildfires: Fam, This Ain't a Drill 🔥🏠

The Deets

Okay, listen up, Saskatchewan is going through it rn. They're battling some seriously sus wildfires that are spreading faster than gossip in the group chat. There are, like, 20 active fires and five of them are totally out of control. No cap.

The worst part? About 15,000 people have had to bounce because their homes are in the path of the flames. That's a whole lotta people displaced, fam. And over 400 structures are GONE. 😭

Firefighters are out there putting in WORK, but it's not easy. The fires are moving fast and the weather is not vibing with them. Apparently, La Ronge and Prince Albert are having the driest spring EVER. And the wind is just fanning the flames, making everything worse. It's a whole struggle out here.

Denare Beach got hit particularly hard, with the Wolf Fire destroying about half the town, including an addictions treatment center. The communications building at the airport near La Ronge also got toasted, which is a major L for coordinating firefighting efforts. Alberta is being a real one and sending a helicopter to help out tho 🙌

Even though rain is supposedly on the way this weekend, there's no guarantee it'll be enough to solve the problem. For real, the Premier is straight-up praying for rain 🙏.