Overview

• Premier Wab Kinew issued a 30-day province-wide state of emergency on May 28 in response to 22 active wildfires.
• Mandatory evacuation orders have moved more than 17,000 people from towns including Flin Flon and several First Nations communities.
• The Canadian Armed Forces are deploying aircraft to transport evacuees and support on-the-ground firefighting crews.
• Nearly 200,000 hectares have burned this season—triple the five-year annual average—and 11 fires remain out of control.
• Earlier wildfires in Lac du Bonnet claimed two lives and left a firefighter severely injured after being struck by a falling tree.