Between the-lacs and the nation shouts of Opaskwayak in prey to lights

The state of emergency has been declared due to forest fires which threaten several First Nations in the region of Entre-les-Lacs, in Manitoba, where houses have already been destroyed by flames.

L’Interlake Reserves Tribal Council (IRTC) said the state of emergency on Monday, while fires spread to the First Nations of Kinonjeoshtegon and Pinaymootang.

In order to coordinate intervention efforts and help people affected, the organization has set up a state of emergency command center at the Hilton hotel at Richardson in Winnipeg.

The state of emergency was also decreed on Sunday in the First Nation of Peguis, where a grass fire spread to the southern part of the community.

Tragically, houses in Fairford and Peguis have already been destroyed by the flames. Currently, two fires located on both sides of the road leading to Kinonjeoshtegon quickly approached the community, which has started evacuation procedures.

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Although, according to the director of communications at the PEGUIS First Nation, Doug Thomas, the flames were mastered on Monday morning, hundreds of people are still targeted by an evacuation order, especially due to smoke.

Updates on the situation in affected communities are disseminated on social networks, said the press releaseIrtc.

The Pas region is on the alert

Further north, near The Pas, the population is on the alert. Parties of the rural municipality of Kelsey and the Cie d’Opaskwayak nation (NCO) are also targeted by an evacuation order.

A fire, which started near Fisher Island on Sunday and which spread due to strong winds and heat, is only controlled 90 %.

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Although the fires were still quite far from the structures on Sunday, the emergency coordinator of the rural municipality of Kelsey, Lori Forbes, explains that the fire teams knew that the wind management was going to change during the night.

It was very hot and very dry, and the wind was blowing in gusts up to 40 km/h. It was then that we started to worry. The fire teams worked hard last night to master all the homes that were trying to cross the Carro River.

Part of the population was able to go home, but The conditions remain under surveillance, and residents must prepare for any changessaid a press release from the office of the chief and the council of the NCO.

The provisional assessment does not mention any injuries linked to the two fires.

The authorities implore the public to respect the evacuation orders, while the interservices center of the forest fires of Canada inc. (CIFFC) follows the evolution of current fires and is preparing for an eventful season.

Lori Forbes hopes that the province will soon receive precipitation. We are extremely dry in Manitoba, not just in the Northshe underlines. There was humidity, there was snow, of course, but there was not much humidity in this snow.

Fire prohibitions have also been implemented through the province, including in Winnipeg, where outdoor lights are prohibited for the next two weeks. This ban also applies to fireworks and the use of solid fuel devices, including coal and wood barbecues.

With the information of Maggie Wilcox and Josh Crabb