http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story/2011/06/02/sk-wollaston-wildfires.html
There's a big fire near one of the towns that I regularly fly in to. Over 1000 people have been evacuated by air, by my company, about 6 or 7 others, and the military. There are no roads to Wollaston, it is accessible only be air at this time of the year. The airport was closed for a period yesterday because the fire was too close to the runway. Saskatchewan's provincial waterbombers have been working this fire non-stop since Monday afternoon. The Canadian Forces sent 4 CH-146 Griffons and 3 C-130 Hercs too help evactuate the last few hundred people.
Some of the aircraft used to evacuate have been, Saab 340's, ATR's, Dash-8's, Navajos, Twin Otters, King Air's, PC-12's, Metro's multiple types of helicopters, and more...
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