Update: Hwy #1 eastbound blocked by fire

On July 23, 2021 at approximately 3:20 p.m., Morse RCMP was dispatched to a fire adjacent to Highway #1 between Ernfold and Chaplin.

A baler and the field around it had caught fire. The Chaplin and Morse fire departments extinguished the fire with the help of local farmers. The eastbound lanes of Highway #1 were closed during these efforts.

No one was injured in the fire. The baler was destroyed.