Wildfire closes road to Creighton in northern Saskatchewan

Highway 106 closed between Creighton and Highway 135 junction

Image | Fire Creighton

Caption: A fire near Creighton, Sask. pictured Monday afternoon. (Highway Hotline/Facebook)

A 70-kilometre stretch of northern highway near the Saskatchewan border with Manitoba was closed due to a wildfire Monday night.
Highway 106 was shut down between the junction with Highway 135 and the town of Creighton, Sask., at about 4 p.m. CST on Monday. Creighton is about 540 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon.
A wildfire was expected to cross the road some time Monday afternoon. According to the Highway Hotline website, the road was still closed at about 8 p.m.
For up to date information visit the Highway Hotline website(external link).