Fire risk downgraded in southeast Alberta

Southern Alberta Newspapers

Widespread rain over the June 21-22 weekend led Cypress County officials to downgrade a fire restriction to a fire advisory on June 23.

Fire bans are in place in the Saskatchewan RMs of Maple Creek, Reno, Big Stock, Fox Valley and Deer Forks along the Alberta boundary, as well as Gull Lake in the near region of southwest Saskatchewan.

Brooks and Lethbridge were on either side of a band of heavier rain that saw 40 to 60 mms, as did a pocket around the Cypress Hills.

Areas directly west of Lethbridge saw 60 to 80 mm, as did much of the Special Areas.

In Cypress Country, the Hilda region saw less than 20 millimetres, while a small area southwest of Oyen received as much as 100 mm.