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Feds to send up to 120 Canadian Armed Forces to help Manitoba fight forest fires


Posted: Jul 20, 2021 8:50 PM CT | Last Updated: July 21
Fires such as this one near Red Lake, Ont., are burning across Manitoba and northwestern Ontario.(Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry)
Up to 120 members of the Canadian Armed Forces are on their way to help Manitoba fight wildfires that have so far displaced more than 1,300 people from First Nations east of Lake Winnipeg.
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair tweeted Tuesday the federal government has approved a provincial request for help fighting more than 130 wildfires.
Evacuations are complete or underway at four Indigenous communities most heavily affected by the forest fires consuming tracts of boreal forest in eastern Manitoba. ....

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Over 2,000 evacuated due to fire in Northwest


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More than 2,000 people have now evacuated from three Northwestern Ontario First Nations as forest fires menace their communities.
Fires threatening Poplar Hill, Deer Lake, and Pikangikum First Nations hadn’t moved significantly closer to the communities, reported Ontario’s Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services (AFFES) on Friday.
“We’ve seen some slightly less extreme fire behaviour in the north of the Red Lake District over the last couple of days, which has kept those fires reasonably stationary,” said fire information officer Chris Marchand. “They’re still growing in size, but not at a rate that’s too alarming.” ....

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