Wildfires prompt evacuations in Manitoba

Out-of-control wildfires in Manitoba have prompted evacuations.

The province has declared a state of local emergency for Nopiming, Wallace Lake, South Atikaki and Manigotagan River provincial parks and issued an evacuation order for Nopiming Provincial Park.

These parks will remain closed to the public until conditions improve.

The following areas are affected by the evacuation order:

• Bird, Booster, Davidson and Flanders lakes in south Nopiming

• Long and Beresford lakes in north Nopiming

• All public and private developed areas in Nopiming, Wallace Lake, South Atikaki and Manigotagan River provincial parks

Closures are also being enacted in Whiteshell Provincial Park due to an out-of-control wildfire along the Ontario boundary. The Mantario Trail, Whiteshell River Self-Guiding Trail and the water routes, portages and backcountry campsites along the Whiteshell River and Mantario area from Caddy Lake to Lone Island Lake are closed.

These closures will remain in effect until conditions improve.