The Pas Fire Department responded to multiple issues over the long weekend including a vehicle accident and structure fires in The Pas and on Opaskwayak Cree Nation. 

According to The Pas Fire Chief Cody Langlois the department started the long weekend by responding with EMS and RCMP to a pedestrian vs. car of Fischer Avenue, Friday, Sept. 2nd.

During the early hours of Saturday, Sept. 3rd the department responded to vehicle fire west of The Pas. “The Pas Fire Department were dispatched approximately 20 kilometers west of town for a semi-trailer carrying wood chips on fire, the fire was contained to the rear of the lead trailer.

An extensive overhaul was performed to ensure there was no spread,” Langlois said, adding no injuries resulted from this fire.