Forest fires in Canada. In Saskatchewan and Manitoba Emergency

The fire under the name Shoe is the most concerned. It was created from the merger of two large outbreaks, known as Camp and Shoe. In total, he has already consumed from the beginning of May 300 thousand hectares of land North of Prince Albert – the third largest city of the province.

As the Prime Minister MOE informed on his Facebook profile, a state of emergency in Saskatchewan will allow you to mobilize additional measures to fight fire and evacuate people from endangered areas. Will apply for 30 dayshowever, if the situation does not improve, it can be extended.

The province authorities asked for more crews, equipment as well as fire -fighting planes and helicopters.

Not only this condition is struggling with fires that are difficult to master. An equally dangerous situation prevails in the neighboring Manitobiewhere the state of emergency was announced on Wednesday.

The greatest evacuation they remember

W Manitobie The state of emergency also applies throughout the state. According to the local Prime Minister WAB KAWEW, this is to enable safe evacuation and shelter over 17,000 people.

During the Wednesday press conference, Kaw called it “The greatest evacuation because of the fires that Manitoba saw for the memory of most people“It could be the largest event of this type since 1997, when the” flood of the century “in the Red River valley forced 25,000 people to leave the houses.

Now, due to the upcoming fire, the residents of the village had to become evacuated Angry Flonmany settlements and around the lake Cross.

To those who leave the houses: you are not alone. These orders [ewakuacji – red.] They are to protect you. We will go through it together – emphasized Prime Minister Kince on his Facebook profile.

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Just like in Saskatchewan, a state of emergency in Manitoba is valid for 30 days, with the possibility of extension.