As wildfires rapidly advance in Saskatchewan, communities like Candle Lake are ramping up their emergency preparedness efforts.

The Shoe fire in northern Saskatchewan, which recently merged with the nearby Camp fire into one blaze, has grown to 216,000 hectares in size and was just 21 kilometres from the RM of Candle Lake, about 200 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon, on Tuesday.

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Candle Lake officials said at a news conference Tues…