"You want to turn and run from this approaching fire," Wasagamack First Nation Chief Alex McDougall said Wednesday in a telephone interview from the community, about 470 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg. On Tuesday afternoon about 2,000 residents made the 10-kilometre trip by boat to St. Theresa Point First Nation, where they awaited flights to southern Manitoba. Evacuees arrive in Winnipeg, BrandonPartial evacuations have also taken place in St. Theresa Point and Garden Hill First Nation. Many of the evacuees from Wasagamack, St. Theresa Point and Garden Hill will head to hotels in Brandon. Her first home, which she built herself, burned to the ground in St. Theresa Point almost 20 years ago.

Source: CBC News August 30, 2017 14:43 UTC