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Wildfires Force Another 1,000 Residents From Their Homes in the Canadian Province of Manitoba
- Wildfires forced over 1,000 residents to evacuate their homes in Manitoba amid a provincial state of emergency declared on May 28, 2025.
- The wildfire crisis followed a season that began with unprecedented ferocity in mid-May, driven by hot, dry conditions and strong winds across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
- Over 160 wildfires were active in mid-May and more than 200 by early June, with the largest fires such as the Shoe fire scorching over 400,000 hectares and forcing evacuations of nearby communities.
- Manitoba and Saskatchewan collectively displaced at least 33,400 people, with Manitoba housing evacuees as far as Niagara Falls, where supports including health care and education were provided.
- Officials called in the Canadian Armed Forces to help with evacuations and warned over 115 million people across a wide area stretching from the Canadian prairie provinces into the eastern United States about deteriorating air quality, underscoring significant challenges in public health and emergency response.
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Wildfires force another 1,000 residents from their homes in the Canadian province of Manitoba
Wildfires have forced a further 1,000 people to flee their homes in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which is under a state of emergency.
·United States
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After two devastating summers, Canada is entering a new forest fire season. Over 23 million hectares have burned in the past two years.
·Montreal, Canada
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Manitoba leads fire crises in Canada with 300,000 hectares affected. More than 17,000 evacuees face smoke and low air quality.
Because of the forest fires in Canada, the authorities have ordered further evacuations.
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