Out-of-control wildfires in Western Canada have forced some 17,000 Manitobans to evacuate while Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moes has asked for help from several U.S. states.
Both provinces have declared a state of emergency as hot and dry weather is expected to fuel the blazes in the coming days.
The fires have already forced 17,000 people from several Manitoba communities including First Nations to evacuate to safety. They are being housed in Winnipeg in arenas and soccer fields set up as shelters. Among the evacuees are more than 5,000 from Flin Flon, a mining city located on the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border.
Manitoba Premeir Wab Kinew was the first to declare the emergency last week, on May 28, making it much easier to request federal assistance, while the Saskatchewan premier’s declaration came a day later….