Smoke from Manitoba wildfires causing poor air quality across province s east cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
3 Manitoba wildfires converge into one as suppression efforts east of Bloodvein First Nation continue
Despite recent smatterings of rain in parts of the province, the number of wildfires in Manitoba continues to grow including three that have morphed into one giant fire east of Lake Winnipeg.
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Posted: Jul 27, 2021 7:16 PM CT | Last Updated: July 28
A wildfire tears through trees near Bloodvein First Nation. The community was evacuated last week and has no sense of when they ll be able to return home.(Submitted by Ryan Klassen)
Despite recent smatterings of rain in parts of the province, the number of wildfires in Manitoba continues to grow including three that have morphed into one giant fire east of Lake Winnipeg.
Fire near Bloodvein one of the largest on record, Manitoba government says cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Some wildfire evacuees returned to northeastern Manitoba, but more than 2,000 people are still in trouble
Evacuees from Red Sucker Lake First Nation in northeastern Manitoba began returning home on Monday after escaping the wildfire, but more than 2,000 people from four other indigenous people were still trapped.
The Canadian Red Cross, which coordinates flights, said that about 200 community members living in Winnipeg and Brandon will return home by Tuesday.
There are still more than 2,000 people evacuated from Pauingassi, Little Grand Rapids, the Belens River and the Aboriginal people living in hotel rooms, and they are not sure when they will return home.
There were 23 new wildfires reported in Manitoba over the weekend winnipeg.ctvnews.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from winnipeg.ctvnews.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.