Around 1,800 People Have Fled Wildfires as Ontario Mulls Further Evacuations: Ford
Provincial officials say 51 fires are out of control in the northwest region as evacuations spread and smoke reaches cities across Ontario.
- On Monday, Premier Doug Ford updated Ontario's wildfire response as nearly 200 fires burn across northern Ontario, with around 1,800 people evacuated and thirteen communities evacuated or evacuating.
- Climate change has lengthened Canada's wildfire seasons, compounded by a scorching heat wave around Thunder Bay last week where temperatures soared 15 degrees above seasonal, fueling rapid fire spread.
- Fires have burned roughly 7,350 square kilometres of Ontario forest this season, more than 10 times Toronto's size, with 51 blazes in the northwest out of control; Namaygoosisagagun First Nation was completely destroyed last week.
- Evacuees have scattered across Ontario to Thunder Bay, Toronto, Sudbury and Niagara Falls as air quality warnings extend from Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay; three charter flights evacuated 95 residents Saturday with Monday's flight carrying 35 more.
- Ford's government faces scrutiny over allocating $150 million this fiscal year despite spending nearly twice as much last year, while forest fire crew leader Noah Freedman told CBC Radio Monday the reactive approach "delays resources and makes it harder to plan.
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Around 1,800 people have fled wildfires as Ontario weighs further evacuations: Ford
Around 1,800 people have fled their communities due to wildfires raging across northern Ontario, Premier Doug Ford said Monday, as officials consider further evacuations.
Barrie hosting northern Ontario wildfire evacuees
Around 1,800 people have fled their communities due to wildfires raging across northern Ontario, Premier Doug Ford said Monday, as officials consider further evacuations. Fires have destroyed communities, prompted numerous evacuation orders and filled the sky across Ontario and beyond with noxious smoke. Emergency Preparedness Minister Jill Dunlop said they have coordinated 13 evacuations. "They're in host cities like Thunder Bay, Kapuskasing, …
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Around 1,800 people have fled wildfires as Ontario mulls further evacuations: Ford
Around 1,800 people have fled their communities due to wildfires raging across northern Ontario, Premier Doug Ford said Monday, as officials consider further evacuations. Fires have destroyed communities, prompted numerous evacuation orders and filled the skies across Ontario and beyond with noxious smoke. Evacuees have fanned out to host cities across the province, including Thunder Bay, Toronto, Sudbury and Niagara Falls. “Thirteen communities…
About 1800 people fled their communities due to forest fires in northern Ontario, said Prime Minister Doug Ford on Monday, as authorities were considering further evacuations.
'It's moving quickly': Ford provides update on northern Ontario wildfires, evacuations
Premier Doug Ford told reporters Monday morning that the nearly 200 wildfires burning across northern Ontario, many of which are out of control, are covering more and more of the province.
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