NORTH BATTLEFORD - 2021 continues to see a big increase in structure fires in the city of North Battleford.
There were 13 residential structure fires reported through the end of July, according to the report presented to North Battleford city council Tuesday from Lindsay Holm, Director of Protective Services and Fire Chief for North Battleford.
That is an increase from three in 2020. There have also been two institutional fires in 2021 in the city.
Next month’s fire report is sure to see an increase in structure fire numbers for the month of August. On Thursday afternoon, North Battleford Fire Department was busy putting out another residential structure fire, this time at 17th Avenue and 101st Street. Fire crews were on the scene late in the afternoon.
At council Tuesday, Holm said structure fires "still remain high this year, but I'm hoping the trend is going to slow down in the future."
