A grass fire continues to burn on the Red Pheasant and Mosquito First Nation south of Battleford.

By Tyler Marr

WILDFIRE

Grass fire continues to burn on Red Pheasant First Nation

Apr 20, 2019 | 5:12 PM

A grass fire continues to burn on the Red Pheasant First Nation Sunday afternoon.

Highway 4, about 25 kilometres south of Battleford, is back to two lanes of traffic after being reduced to one Saturday afternoon.

However, wildfire management crews remains on scene fighting flames along the highway.

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Visibility is low in some areas due to smoke.

Smoke from the fire was visible from the Battlefords for most of Saturday.

While no homes appear damaged from the highway, quite a bit of land on the reservation is scorched from the flames.

The grass fire scorched land on the First Nation Saturday. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

A house on the Red Pheasant First Nation is surrounded by burned land following a grass fire over the Easter long weekend. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

We will update this story as more information becomes available.

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