Thanks. I’m far away from the fires, but it’s very dry in the southern part of the province as well. No rain in sight.
Prairie fires aren’t as exciting looking as forest fires. But they still suck when they envelop your town.
CBC summary of our situation in Saskatchewan:
And next door in Manitoba:
And two border towns, one in Saskatchewan and one in Manitoba. Their fate depends on the wind direction.
Is smoke tariff free?
I read that book – fascinating and terrifying story. I recommended to my older brother, now retired from his role as the chief of his town’s volunteer fire department.
It exacts a heavy toll.
Creighton, which I hadn’t heard of, and Flin Flon, which I had. They’re adjoining.
Hope they are all safe.
I’d only heard of Flin Flon a few days ago, when I noticed on a map that the temperatures in that region seemed unusually high, so I had to check out its climate on its Wikipedia page. Indeed, a lot of places in that region seem to be hovering in near highs but not actual record high temps.
Posted by the FSIN:
People evacuated from village of Denare Beach SK watched their village burn down via their front door cams, and monitored the temperature from the info relayed by a Tesla that one resident had to leave behind in the evacuation.
Last image was of the Tesla exploding from the heat. 
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/wildfire-denare-beach-1.7550891
I’m in the West beyond the West!
It’s raining in Saskatchewan!
(Won’t put out the fires, but every little bit helps.)
One thing I’ve never seen in any wildfire story is just how much rain would be necessary to quench a typical wildfire. My impression is that the rains in question would need to be monsoonish, but that is just a WAG on my end.
That would be my WAG as well.
I think where it helps is by reducing the spread. If the trees and undergrowth near a fire are dry, the fire can spread easily.
Damp trees and undergrowth are more fire-resistant.
One of the reasons for the fires is that the snowpack in northern Sask has been pretty light the past few years, so the undergrowth is drier and less-resistant to fire.
The light snowpack also relates to the zombie fires mentioned upthread by @snowthx. Not enough snow to put out the smouldering fires from the summer.