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Lynn Lake Orders Second Evacuation as Wildfire Threatens Power Line

Damage to the transmission lines could leave the remote community without power for at least a month

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Overview

  • The evacuation takes effect Friday with a bus departure scheduled for 10 a.m. to transport roughly 600 residents
  • A reception centre has been set up in Brandon, more than 1,100 kilometres south of Lynn Lake, to shelter evacuees
  • Manitoba Hydro reports the blaze has advanced to within two kilometres of the transmission line feeding the town
  • Town officials warn nearby blazes to the southeast could sever the only road connection between Lynn Lake and Thompson
  • The Manitoba government says there are 60 active wildfires in the province, 17 of which remain out of control