Blazing bunny turns controlled burn into wildfire May 7, 2018 5:00 PM

Even when firefighters are in control, sometimes they aren’t prepared for the unpredictable.

A rabbit turned a controlled burn into a wildfire earlier today on the Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation (BOCN) according to Councillor Kevin Seesequasis.

“Unfortunately, after a controlled burn was conducted and thought-to-be extinguished, a rabbit-on-fire… lit another adjacent section of bush and caught fire,” Seesequasis’ media statement read.

The blaze forced the evacuation of the Constable Robin Cameron Education Complex and the Chief Beardy Memorial Elementary School. No injuries were reported in the incident according to the BOCN Chief and Council’s social media pages.