US EditionSaskatchewan declares state of emergency as wildfires worsen
- On Thursday, Saskatchewan’s Premier Scott Moe announced a state of emergency across the entire province in response to widespread, uncontrollable wildfires affecting large areas of Saskatchewan and Western Canada.
- The declaration follows multiple fires that began Monday near Creighton, Saskatchewan, crossed into Manitoba, and prompted Manitoba's emergency declaration a day earlier.
- Saskatchewan faces 17 active wildfires with eight uncontained, leading to over 4,000 mainly remote northeast residents evacuating, while three First Nations have declared localized emergencies.
- Premier Moe emphasized the gravity of the wildfire crisis in Saskatchewan and announced a 14-day state of emergency, with the option to extend, to streamline firefighting coordination.
- The emergency enables improved intergovernmental coordination to combat fires and may result in federal aid requests if conditions worsen given resource shortages and ongoing smoke.
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Berliner Morgenpost
In large parts of the country there is unusual drought. One of the fires is four times larger than the area of Hamburg, according to the operatives.
According to the authorities, 16 fires are active in the province of Saskatchewan. The province has declared an emergency.
In the Canadian province of Saskatchewan the emergency has been declared because of forest fires.
After the province of Manitoba, Saskatchewan declared a state of emergency in the face of devastating forest fires.
Saskatchewan premier declares state of emergency as thousands flee wildfires
Saskatchewan declared a provincewide state of emergency Thursday in its fight against rampaging wildfires as more than 4,000 residents have been forced to evacuate their communities. The declaration by Premier Scott Moe came one day after his Manitoba counterpart Wab Kinew did the same.
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