Smokey haze blankets Regina

Smoke from a number of forest fires in northern Saskatchewan is blanketing Regina today. 

Thirty-five fires are currently burning in the province.  

A number of those were started by lightning strikes. 

Buffalo Narrows and La Ronge fire regions are both reporting 17 fires. 

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Eight in Buffalo Narrows and four in La Ronge are contained and not expected to grow in size. 

Another two are not contained. Crews are battling those blazes but the fires are expected to grow in size. 

Crews are also focusing on protecting values which may be at risk at another wild fire in the Buffalo Narrows fire region. 

Nineteen fires are currently being monitored to assess the risk factor. 

The lone fire in the Prince Albert region has been contained. 

There have been 239 forest fires so far in 2012.