Winkler firefighters continue to assist the wildfire fighting effort in Leaf Rapids. Winkler Fire Chief Richard Paetzold has provided an update on the department’s involvement.
“We've got one crew, still in Leaf Rapids helping out the Office of Fire Commissioner with protecting that community there and slated to come home at the end of this week,” said Paetzold, “So, time to service our equipment and see whether anything else is required after that.”
Whether more crews will be deployed depends on the weather. “It all depends on whether they need us or not. If it starts to rain, then we're probably done,” he explained.
Paetzold said that what the effort boils down to is keeping the communities protected until it starts to rain, and the fires can be put out.
- with file from WFD -