On City Beat yesterday, Mayor Colleen Smook provided another daily update on the wildfire situation here in the north.

Work on the west side of Fire Number 61, which Smook refers to as “our fire”, continued on Wednesday and would do so until fire crews reach an area burned in an earlier fire.

The previous fire has helped to slow the fire’s growth in the northwest.

Smook also made a request for those who have asset protection equipment in their yards.

“So if you see a hose lying on the ground, please don’t drive over it. If it’s blocking something or you can’t get around it, please call the Fire Hall at 204-677-7916 and someone will come and move it so it’s not in your way.”

A team from Manitoba Wildfire Service, the Office of the Fire Commissioner, Thompson Fire and EMS and the Emergency Management Organization began scouting out locations for this equipment last Friday.

The hoses and sprinklers will be connected to the City’s water supply if necessary.