Burn barrels are being dropped off in Winnipeg encampments this week to help those living outside stay safe and warm.
On Tuesday, Shawn Sousa, outreach services manager with Main Street Project, and Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service fire prevention officer Steve Antle provided information on the pilot project’s launch.
Fifteen 200-litre steel barrels with holes drilled in the bottom were purchased by the fire service.
“When it gets really cold, there’s not a lot of protection from the elements and some of these barrels will essentially save some people’s lives, as well as reduce the amount of harm that could happen to them from regular fires,” said Sousa,
