SaskAlert sends false alert about wildfire and flood in North Battleford

A wrong push of a button caused some brief confusion and panic in North Battleford on Tuesday.

Residents mistakenly received SaskAlert notifications just before 12 p.m. warning about a flood and wildfire in the city.

The alerts were cancelled within 17-minutes with a message explaining it was issued in error.

SaskAlert is the Government of Saskatchewan’s emergency public alerting program used to alert the public of an emergency situation in real time.