Candle Lake Emergency Services is increasing wildfire preparedness. There is a news conference this morning after the SPSA moved their Incident Command Centre previously located at Lower Fishing Lake, to the Resort Village community grounds. This took place between 1:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. this morning.

The Fire Chief Jim Arnold, in the Resort Village of Candle Lake, says that the Camp and Shoe fires escalated and forced the move of the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency personnel.  Over 125 people are working in the SPSA Incident Command Centre.

In a news release the fire officials says both the Camp and the Shoe fires are not contained and they have now merged to become over 115,000 hectares in size.

The fire was 21 km away from Candle Lake this morning and several evacuations have occurred in the area. Highways 106, 120, 912 and 913 have closures in effect.