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Flin Flon mayor says wildfire now threatening community from all 4 sides
A wildfire along Manitoba’s western border is now threatening the city of Flin Flon, with flames coming from all four sides, ...
Fire crews spray water around gas station near Flin Flon, Man.
Crews spray down an area around a gas station with water near Flin Flon as firefighters battle blazes surrounding the ...
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Wawanesa deploys mobile response unit in Flin Flon
Wawanesa Insurance has deployed its Mobile Response Unit (MRU) to the evacuee reception center in Winnipeg to support ...
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Wildfires force Hudbay Minerals to suspend work at Snow Lake mine in Manitoba
Hudbay Minerals Inc. says wildfires burning in northern Manitoba have forced it to suspend work at its Snow Lake mine.
Flin Flon residents asked to prepare for evacuation as fire crosses Manitoba border
The City of Flin Flon told its residents to brace for a possible evacuation on Tuesday as a wildfire that started at a ...
Flin Flon wildfire situation 'a time bomb' but so far no structures lost: Mayor
The fire, which was first detected on May 27, is approximately 40,000 hectares and still listed by the province as out of ...
Flin Flon braces for devastation as wind expected to drive wildfire into city, mayor says
The wildfire situation has reached a desperate level in Flin Flon, Man., where the mayor says he and the few remaining people ...
Manitoba officials say wildfire contained in Flin Flon, wind change could push it into city
Fire crews in northern Manitoba have so far been able to contain an encroaching wildfire that forced thousands from their homes, while more residents in Saskatchewan have been told to leave due to a ...
Manitoba: Mayor of Flin Flon says fierce winds may cause wildfire to hit his city
It's looking very ugly right now,' George Fontaine says Author of the article: You can save this article by registering for ...
17,000 Canadians forced to flee Manitoba wildfires
Roughly 17,000 residents in the Canadian province of Manitoba have been evacuated because of nearly two dozen active ...
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Flin Flon virtually deserted, thousands more evacuated as wildfires rage in Manitoba
Just a skeleton crew of emergency personnel and municipal officals remain in the northern Manitoba community of Flin Flon as ...
‘Chunks of our town could be gone’: As wildfires rip across the prairies, Flin Flon, Manitoba, empties under a sky of smoke and fear
A major fire is raging in Flin Flon, Manitoba. Almost 5,000 people have left the city. The fire started in Saskatchewan and ...