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SASK. WILDFIRES HAVE ALREADY BURNED 900K HECTARES OF FOREST SO FAR THIS YEAR: SPSA

Wildfires continue to rage out of control in northern Saskatchewan, and have now burned almost 1,000,000 hectares of the province's forest so far this year and forced thousands of people from their homes."Based on the estimates right now we're looking at over 900,000 hectares in the province so far this year," Steve Roberts, vice-president of operations with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA), said in an update Thursday when asked how much forest had burned this year so far.For context

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