Kindersley Arena Razed
The Kindersley Arena caught fire January 8. Though both sides were blazing, the new addition was saved. The Badger was on the scene. Below is a statement from the RCMP and more information will be available in the Jan. 12 edition of The Badger.
The Kindersley RCMP assisted the Kindersley Fire Department in evacuating residents one block North, West, and South of the Arena due to a fire.
A state of emergency had been declared in the community due to the fire. The old portion of the arena was completely lost and the newly finished
portion of the arena was saved. Due to the new concrete wall the new area did suffered smoke, water and some fire damage.
The Kindersley Fire Department were assisted by Eatonia, Eston, Kerrobert Fire Departments in excess of 60 fire fighters on scene.
The Oyen Fire Department from Albert was placed on stand-by. The Kindersley Ambulance Service were also on scene the entire time and assisted
with providing shelter and medical aid if needed due to the very cold temperatures.
Numerous vehicles and homes around the arena were damaged, suffering broken windows and paint damage. One truck did burn due to flammable
items in the box that caught fire from the ambers. Two local schools were evacuated to safe locations where parents were then advised to pick up there children.
Residents who were evacuated are not being permitted to return to their homes until late tonight due smothering patches and possible ambers.
The Provincial Women Curling Championship that was in progress at the time of the fire will continue in the community of Eston.
No one was seriously injured in the fire.
The cause of the fire was identified and is not criminal in nature.
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God, I hope everyone is all right….
It is too bad that the old arena is gone, I have many fond memories of playing minor hockey and some senior hockey in that arena. One of my woping two goals in senior hockey came in that rink and I’ll never forget it. What I am really curious about now and I hope the staff at the badger can did up the information for me are these questions. I am sure a lot of them may take a little bit of time to come out.
1) Will teams be able to play at the newer arena of the event centre any time soon?
2) To what extent was the damage to the new building?
3) Will the Junior Klippers be able to complete their Junior A season in the newer arena or will they be forced to play out of a neighbouring centre like Rosetown or Eston if ice is even avaiable? Of course this is somewhat linked to the first question.
4) What effect will this have on ice useage at neighbouring arena’s like in Coleville, Dodsland and Brock and are these viable options for the Kindersley Minor Hockey teams to use?
5) What kind of insurance was on the building and what plans will be in place to rebuild? with what kind of a time span?
6) This also leaves the Kindersley Red Lions Senior Team without a home since this was the arena they used. Where does this leave them?
7) I also heard a rumour that the fire started in the furance room. Is there truth to this or is this something the RCMP doesn’t want published?
I am sure there are a tonne of other questions I could ponder up, but those are the ones I am most curious about.
You have a tall order Jesse, but I’ll see what I can dig up over the weekend. (Today, there was no sense trying to find anything out just yet.)
However, if we are unable to make our Monday morning deadline for our print edition, we’ll certainly update the information as we secure it. I’ve got an entire day with no children tomorrow (they are away at hockey) so I should be able to hunt some folks down.
Keep checking back and feel free to share any names of those you think could help me in my quest. As yet, I have no one in the area for contacts, but I expect I will by Sunday.
Sheri Monk
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