Over 17,000 people evacuated as Canada’s Manitoba province declares wildfire emergency

Over 17,000 people evacuated as Canada’s Manitoba province declares wildfire emergency

The evacuations include the town of Flin Flon, where 5,000 residents were told earlier to get ready to flee on a moment’s notice as a major wildfire bore down on the mining town named after a fictional character in a 1905 paperback novel

The wildfire threatening Flin Flon, a city of roughly 5,000, started in Saskatchewan on Monday and stretched into Manitoba on Tuesday after firefighters were unable to contain it. Government of Manitoba