Manitoba extends provincial state of emergency due to wildfires
Extension will remain in effect until Aug. 22, province says
Manitoba is extending a provincewide state of emergency due to wildfires for another month.
The extension will keep the state of emergency in place until Aug. 22, according to a provincial news release on Thursday.
The province first declared a state of emergency on May 28 at the front end of what's become the worst wildfire season in three decades in Manitoba.
Premier Wab Kinew and emergency management officials lifted that state of emergency June 23, a few days short of a month, due to improving conditions at the time.
But by July 10, officials again declared a state of emergency as conditions worsened, particularly in the north.
There are 159 wildfires actively burning in the province, according to the latest fire bulletin on Thursday. More than 1.55 million hectares have burned in the province.
Several communities remain partially or fully evacuated. Mandatory orders remain in place in Cormorant, Lynn Lake, Marcel Colomb First Nation, Leaf Rapids and Pukatawagan, also known as Mathias Colomb Cree Nation.
Out of control fires are also still burning near Flin Flon and Sherridon, Thompson, Bakers Narrows Provincial Park, Snow Lake, Pimicikamak, Tataskweyak, Garden Hill and St. Theresa Point.
In the east, Nopiming Provincial Park has reopened, but the fire there is still out of control. Most of Atikaki Provincial Park as well as the entire Wallace Lake and South Atikaki parks remain closed.
There's been a total of 403 wildfires so far in 2025, which is almost 100 more than the average for this time of the year. The province said some areas may see some relief because of rain, but there's risk of lightning-strike starts because of storms.
Find the latest wildfire information:
- Canadian wildfire map.
- Province of Manitoba fire bulletins.
- CBC's wildfire tracker.
- Communities under evacuation in Manitoba.
Are you an evacuee who needs assistance? Contact Manitoba 211 by calling 211 from anywhere in Manitoba or email 211mb@findhelp.ca.