The Ministry of Natural Resources is preparing for an early and busy
start to the forest fire season.
Area managers are meeting in Dryden for a training session.
Regional Fire Duty Officer Jim McDonald says they are meeting about 6
weeks ahead of schedule in order to attack the fires when the snow melts.
n050 runs: 22 sec. out…freezing conditions.
McDonald says a number of fires are burning, especially on popular ice
fishing lakes.
