Overview

• Premier Wab Kinew declared a provincewide state of emergency on May 28 as 22 active wildfires threatened communities across Manitoba.
• Mandatory evacuation orders cover all 5,000 residents of Flin Flon and over 12,000 people from nearby First Nations, totaling more than 17,000 evacuees.
• The Manitoba government has requested Canadian Armed Forces assistance for transportation and reinforcement of firefighting operations.
• Nearly 200,000 hectares have burned since spring, triple Manitoba’s five-year annual average under record-dry weather conditions.
• Officials say almost all wildfires are human-caused and a Parks Canada firefighter remains hospitalized after sustaining severe injuries.