Bunibonibee Cree Nation scrambles to get people out as approaching wildfire threatens ‘serious danger’: chief – CBC
Aug 16, 2024
Chief Richard Hart says community hopes to send another 800 people to safety on Friday
The chief of a northeastern Manitoba First Nation says crews are scrambling to get as many people out as they can before a growing wildfire starts moving toward the community again.
Somewhere around 1,500 or 1,600 people have been flown out of Bunibonibee Cree Nation since evacuations began Wednesday — and officials hope to get another 800 people to Winnipeg on Friday, before any shift in the wind could move the out-of-control fire another nine kilometres into the community, Chief Richard Hart said.
“We have to do whatever we can to get as many people out today as possible,” Hart said Friday morning. “In our meeting with all the relevant agencies, it was made quite clear to us … that we are in serious danger here in the community.”
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