With wildfire danger continuing to be in the high to very high range for much of the province, and with the number of active wildfires still well over 100, the provincial government has extended the State of Emergency in Manitoba.
“Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s Emergency Management Organization is advising that provincewide state of emergency under the Emergency Measures Act will be extended to Aug. 22 due to ongoing wildfires across Manitoba,” reads a provincial release. “The state of emergency was declared on July 10 and remained in effect for 30 days. This extension will keep the state of emergency in place until Aug. 22.”
In the latest fire bulletin from the province, on August 5, the province announced Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation would be evacuated and people with health conditions would be evacuated from from Little Grand Rapids First Nation and O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation (South Indian Lake). At that time, fire danger was high to very high and there were 165 active wildfires in the province.
According to the provincial government, these wildfires have now burned 1.55 million hectares of land in Manitoba.
