A building and grass fire that occurred on the Stoney Nakoda nation Feb. 22 is still under investigation.
Now in the hands of the Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD), the fire destroyed on out building on the property, along with 2.27 hectares of land, said Matthew Anderson, wildfire information officer with ESRD.
That’s equal to about four football fields.
“As of right now, we don’t know much about it,” said Anderson. “It is still under investigation. We do know that it started in the structure and spread from there.”
The ESRD responded to the call, along with fire crews from the reserve, Exshaw and Cochrane. Anderson said the call for the blaze came in at about 5:15 p.m. and the fire was fully extinguished by 8:15 p.m.
Because the affected land falls under the Alberta ESRD’s Forest Protection Area, the investigation will continue in the hands of the provincial organization.
