On Friday afternoon, the City of Thompson announced there was an active fire around 8 kilometre north of Thompson.

Wildfire crews, water bombers and helicopters were quick to respond.

Heavy equipment provided by Smook Contractors and Sapach Trucking worked on Saturday to create a guard line along the highway between the junction of PR-391 and PR-280 and close to the Mystery Mountain turnoff.

They also worked to build a fire guard around the NavCan radar tower near the Mystery Mountain Ski hill to ensure continued operations at the Thompson airport.

The City administration and staff are meeting daily with the Manitoba Wildfire Service, the Office of the Fire Commissioner and the Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization to get updates on the wildfire situation.

Updates are being posted to the City of Thompson facebook page.

For details on how to be prepared for wildfires, go to getprepared.gc.ca