Early this morning, a SaskTel building located in Spiritwood, SK caught on fire. As a result, all local SaskTel services including phone, internet and cellular services, have been lost.

This affects 911.

The area without services is estimated to be, from Spiritwood:

• To the north: up to Chitek Lake, SK.
• To the south: down to Rabbit Lake, SK.
• To the east: to Debden, SK

At the moment, there is no way to reach 911 in the entire area.

Residents in need of police services will have to drive to their local detachment.

The time it will take for the services to be restored is not known.