Canadian forest fires force tens of thousands to evacuate

About 17,000 residents were evacuated in the Canadian district of Manitoba Twenty fires in the active forestsThe officials said on Saturday.

More than 5,000 of them from Fluen Flon, where there is no rain in immediate expectations. There were no structure fires in the city located about 400 miles northwest of the regional capital in Wenybeg as of Saturday morning, but officials are concerned that the change in the direction of the wind can bring fire to the city.

Manitoba declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, as fires are burning from northwest to the southeast in many societies in the province directly in the northern United States in the state of Minnesota and North Dakota. Smoke is pushed south to some parts of the United States, which exacerbates air quality.

Thousands of forest fires were also affected by Saskatchewan and Alberta, where 1300 people were forced into the Swan Hills community northwest of Edmonton from their homes.

Scott Mo, Prime Minister of Saskatchewan, told a press conference on Saturday that the continuous dry dry weather allows some fires to grow and threaten societies, and that the current number of 8000 fires that were evacuated can reach 10,000.

Mo said that the resources needed to combat fires and support them are thin.

“The four days to the next seven is very important so that we can find our way to change the weather patterns, and in the end it is northern rains all over the north,” said.

As of Saturday evening, 188 active fires were burning throughout Canada, according to The Canadian Foreign Foreign Fire Center. Of these, 100 were thinking about burning “out of control.”

Smoke was expected to drift from forest fires to the United States, where air quality alerts were issued to parts of the upper Middle West.

“Smoke of Canadian forest fires is still spreading across the sky through most of the Middle West and Great Lakes,” the national weather service wrote. “… smoke will also create problems in the air quality at times, especially for sensitive groups.”

The wildfire season in Canada lasts from May to September. The worst season of wild fires It was in 2023. Many North America suffocated with dangerous smoke for several months.

The US Department of Agriculture’s forest service said on Saturday that it had deployed an air tanker to Alberta, and the United States sends 150 firefighters and equipment such as spraying groups, pumps and hoses to Canada.

US Minister of Agriculture Brock told. Rollins in a statement, “We are here to help our neighbors during their need, and our forest fire service is the best in this work. I am grateful to men and women who are courageously as courageously.”

In northern Manitoba, Fire took power to the Portage of cranberry, forcing a mandatory evacuation order on Saturday to about 600 people. People who live in smaller societies were informed of the preparation for evacuation after a fire that jumped quickly.

“Please start preparing and develop plans to stay with family and friends because the places of residence are very limited,” Lori Forbes, the emergency coordinator of the rural municipality of Kelssy, published on social media.

The evacuation centers have opened all over the province of those who fled fires, including one south such as Winkeler, Manitoba, 12 miles from the American border.

The evacuation that started earlier in the week was raised to Bimikamak Cree Nation on Saturday, when he was expected to take five trips to the residents to Winyig. President David Monias wrote on social media.

Winnipeg has opened public buildings for evacuated as it deals with hotels that have already been crammed for other refugees, vacationers, businessmen and conference pioneers.

The original Manitoba leaders, including Monias, told a press conference on Saturday that the hotel rooms in the cities where the people who were evacuated are full, and called on the government to direct the hotel owners to give priority that were evacuated.

The President of the Grand Manetoba Association, Keira Wilson, said it was one of the largest evacuation in the province since the 1990s.

“It is really sad to see our children have to sleep on the floors. People are sitting and waiting for the corridors, waiting abroad, and now we only need people to meet. People are tired,” Wilson said at the press conference.

“We need to make sure we have space for our people.”

The fire that calms the Flueen Flon on Monday near Creton, Saskatchewan, and the border quickly jumped to Manitoba. He struggled with the crews to contain them. Water bomber was found intermittently due to heavy smoke and drone penetration.

1,200 Cretton residents were also requested, and many of them went to the nearby Nippoine, Saskatchewan. In total, more than 8,000 forest fires escaped in Saskatchewan.