More details have come in regarding Wednesday night’s fire in the Big Eddy area.

The fire was reported to have been located near Pike Lake and Moose Park and a call reporting the fire was received around 9 o’clock in the evening.

Gordie Lathlin, The Fire Chief for the Opaskwayak Cree Nation Fire Department says that the fire wouldn’t have spread because of the bodies of water in the surrounding area.

He added that since there was no risk of the fire spreading and because he didn’t want to put his fire crew in unnecessary danger they didn’t attempt to put the fire out and they allowed the fire to burn out on its own.

Lathlin believes that the fire may have been deliberately set.