Recent rain and cooler temperatures have been a benefit for fighting fires south of Ootsa Lake.
Two evacuation alerts about 40 kilometres south of Burns Lake sits on the lake’s north shore and are associated with the Sabina Lake and Mount Wells wildfires.
Fire Information Officer Morgan Blois said the current risk of those fires crossing the lake is low.
“The evacuation alerts will stay in place until we can be 100 per cent sure that risk is fully mitigated,” she added.
The Mount Wells blaze has burned 14,588 hectares and the Sabina Lake wildfire is currently at 56,039.2 hectares.
“The Sabina Lake wildfire, we have approximately 140 resources assigned to the incident,” Blois said.
This includes 80 to 90 crew members working directly on the fire with heavy machine operators, aviation support, and an incident management team.
The cooperating weather conditions have allowed ground crews to work closer to the fire.
“We have crews that are working on the southern flank of the fire to get mop-up and patrol operations going as well as contingency lines being put in on the east side,” said Blois.
A guard line is also being installed on the east side of the blaze with crews also working along the northern side.
Crews are currently only monitoring activity from the Mount Wells fire from aircraft.
Both fires were caused by lightning, with Sabina Lake being discovered on July 19th and Mount Wells on August 10th.
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