Manitoba has declared a provincewide state of emergency as wildfires continue to threaten communities across the province.

The Canadian province of Manitoba has declared a state of emergency over a series of wildfires, and Prime Minister Mark Carney has agreed to send in the military to help.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has ordered a provincewide state of emergency and says Prime Minister Mark Carney has agreed to send in the military to help with a series of crippling wildfires. Kinew says the fires have forced 17,000 people across several communities to flee in what he calls the largest such exodus in living memory in Manitoba.