While the Mccafe fire is now an estimated 28,000 acres in size, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says smoke at times could be heavy but short-lived. According to Chief Tammy Cook Searson of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB), she says she was informed yesterday by the SPSA that the Mccafe fire is 80 per cent contained and is no longer a threat to the community. The general evacuation order, which forced Stanley Mission residents to evacuate on Friday, is being lifted.

Chief Cook-Searson says for those who evacuated in private vehicles to Prince Albert, you can register for gas purchase orders and buses by texting Michelle Vandevord at 1-306-940-8737 or Isabelle Hardlotte at 1-306-635-7061 with your full name and license plate number.

For those who evacuated in Private vehicles to Saskatoon, La Ronge and other locations other than Prince Albert, please text James Crawford at 1-306-635-7777 with your full name, license plate and location. (James will send the gas PO’s tomorrow to Creeway Gas on 22nd Street in Saskatoon and Keethanow Gas Bar in La Ronge.

Registration for the buses will begin this morning at 9a.m. at all the hotel locations in Prince Albert and Saskatoon.