Starland County CAO, Shirley Bremer, says County staff will meet this afternoon to discuss moving forward following a fire that has destroyed the County’s office this morning.
Bremer was awakened up by a call from the fire department and when she arrived on scene, saw smoke billowing from the building. Firefighters are still actively engaged in battling the blaze in Morrin, which has a spread all the way through the roof.
She said along with area fire departments, the County has engaged its tanker trucks and equipment. As well, private trucks are helping to bring water. The local Hutterite colonies are also pitching in. She said Morrin’s water supply is running low and asks residents to conserve water today.
“For the County residents, we are going to regroup this afternoon and try to get a plan going on how we will proceed from this. Of course, none of us have ever been involved in a situation like this, but we are going to regroup,” she told The Mail Friday morning.
She adds that crucial records are safe and backed up on a secure cloud server. On a lighter note, she says tax notice might be a little late.
Bremer has been with the County for 35 years.
“It is awful, I am very proud of the place I work and this is really tough, and I know it is on other people too. We will pull together as a group and we’ll figure it out,” she said.

Update: The Morrin, Munson, Rumsey and Drumheller Fire Departments are actively battling a blaze at the Starland County Office this morning, Friday, May 25.

The fire was called in at about 4:30 a.m.

Starland Reeve and Munson Fire Chief, Steve Wannstrom, says firefighters are still actively fighting the fire. About half of the building is damaged by fire while the rest has extensive smoke damage. Reports are that the backside of the building has caved in.

EMS and RCMP are on standby monitoring the situation.

There is no indication of the cause of the fire at this time.