Banff fire update: Prescribed burn at Compound Meadows 'being held'

Officials with Banff National Park say a prescribed burn that grew to be larger than it was supposed to is "being held." The burn at Compound Meadows, near the town of Banff, spread outside of the predetermined boundary around 4 p.m. after an unexpected shift in wind direction and speed. Officials said the fire burned approximately three hectares outside of the boundary, and was classified as "being held" by 10:30 p.m., thanks to firefighters who doused the flames with buckets of waters carried