Wildfire forces over 17,000 to evacuate Canada's Manitoba province

Published May 29th, 2025 - 05:50 GMT
ALBAWABA - Dozens of thousands of people evacuated Canada's western Manitoba province on Wednesday amid a spreading wildfire.
"The Manitoba government has declared a province-wide state of emergency due to the wildfire situation," Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew announced in a press conference.
"This is the largest evacuation Manitoba will have seen in most people's living memory," he said, adding that over 17,000 people left the province.
Manitoba has declared a State of Emergency this afternoon as wildfires continue to rip across its province. The Premiere has asked Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, for activation of the military to help evacuate more than 17,000 people.
The fire above started in… pic.twitter.com/ED579GEKuh — The Hotshot Wake Up (@HotshotWake) May 28, 2025
Manitoba Premier urged help from Canadian PM Mark Carney and asked him to send in the military with the evacuations and firefighting.
Rapidly, the Canadian government will be sending a military plane to help transfer people out of endangered remote northern communities to a safe place. In addition, the government will be sending more firefighting resources to help combat the spreading fires, Kinew mentioned.
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