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The challenges of evacuating a northern Manitoba community threatened by wildfire may have been made worse by upheaval in the town's leadership. A new provincially appointed administrator was brought in to Leaf Rapids midway through the evacuation order.
The blaze in Leaf Rapids, Man., has been out of control for over two weeks and is more than 10,500 hectares in size, according to the province’s fire map.