Cranberry Portage, Man. evacuated due to wildfire – Winnipeg | 24CA News
A wildfire has prompted the evacuation of a northern Manitoba neighborhood.
About 700 individuals have been pressured to depart Cranberry Portage Saturday night, the Rural Municipality of Kelsey’s Emergency Measures Coordinator informed Global News.
The wildfire has been burning close to the neighborhood and has since crossed Highway 10, which prompted the evacuation.
Highway 10 is closed between Cranberry Portage and Sherridon Access Rd., close to Flin Flon, due to the wildfire.
Most evacuees are heading to The Pas, Man. Multiple buses have been used to assist transport individuals out of the neighborhood.
The evacuation comes as areas of Northern Manitoba have been coping with drought situations, inflicting the elevated danger of wildfires.
Manitoba Wildfire Service issued a bulletin warning of quite a few wildfires burning within the northern parts of Manitoba, together with one which sparked evacuation orders and alerts within the Flin Flon, Man. space.
Cranberry Portage is about 100 km north of The Pas, 50 km south of Flin Flon and 700 km northwest of Winnipeg.
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