Manitoba to give update on wildfire situation following evacuations
The Manitoba government will give an update on the current wildfire situation in the province on Monday afternoon.
Kristin Hayward with Manitoba Wildfire Service and Christine Stevens with the Manitoba Emergency Management Organization will speak to media at 12:45 p.m. CTV News will live-stream the conference.
This update comes after seven homes were destroyed in Tataskweyak Cree Nation over the weekend, and Lynn Lake announced a mandatory evacuation of the community Friday as a wildfire threatened the town's power supply.
According to the Manitoba fire bulletin released Friday, there are 64 active wildfires burning in Manitoba.
This is a developing story. More details to come.
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