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The Canadian province of Manitoba has declared a state of emergency over a series of wildfires, and Prime Minister Mark Carney has agreed to send in the military to help.
A massive fire is closing in on Flin Flon, a community in Manitoba, as air quality advisories reach as far as the US state of Illinois.
Dozens of fires are burning in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, causing evacuations and states of emergency as smoke is being blown into the Midwest, causing air quality alerts.
Thousands flee from fierce wildfires in northern Manitoba, straining resources in Winnipeg where evacuees seek shelter. Drought and heat fuel fires across Canada's west, with officials declaring states of emergency.
As thousands of people fled from areas overwhelmed by wildfires in remote northern Manitoba on Friday, the Canadian province's capital Winnipeg scrambled to find housing and care for the sudden wave of evacuees.
Ferocious wildfires in western Canada have forced thousands of people to flee their homes in Manitoba. Some 17,000 Canadians were evacuated before the blaze spread to neighbouring Saskatchewan. Scott Moe,
With 174 active wildfires burning across Canada, several U.S. states are under air quality alerts due to the traveling smoke from these flames.
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Manitoba's premier says the Canadian prairie city of Flin Flon hasbeen virtually deserted and more evacuees were expected as wildfires raged in the province.
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