Residents in northern Manitoba, Alberta flee due to wildfire threats
May 27, 2025
Residents in areas across the Canadian Prairies are out of their homes while others are on edge as wildfires inch closer to their communities.In northern Manitoba, the town of Lynn Lake, with about 600 residents, was ordered to evacuate due to an advancing wildfire.Data from the Manitoba Wildfire Service shows the out-of-control fire, which ignited almost three weeks ago, is more than 7,000 hectares in size.
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The Saskatchewan government is boosting support it’s giving to wildfire evacuees, while officials say light rain and cooler temperatures this weekend could help keep some of the province’s larger fires in check.Bryan Chartrand with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency told a news conference in Prince Albert, Sask., on Saturday that it’s been mostly “status quo” with the large fires in the past 24 hours.
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