Overview

• More than 200 active fires scorch Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta, with nearly half deemed out of control by Canada’s fire centre
• Over 27,000 residents have evacuated communities including La Ronge and Denare Beach as flames destroy hundreds of structures
• Saskatchewan and Manitoba issued provincewide states of emergency to streamline resource deployment, evacuations and relief aid
• Smoke plumes stretching from the Dakotas to the East Coast and into Europe have prompted air quality alerts in at least five U.S. states and health warnings for vulnerable groups
• Dry conditions and high winds are hampering suppression efforts, leading officials to train over 100 new Type 3 firefighters to reinforce containment operations