US EditionWildfires force more than 800 to evacuate northwestern Ontario First Nation
- More than 800 residents of the Wabaseemoong Independent Nation in northwestern Ontario evacuated due to wildfires on May 18, 2025.
- The evacuation was prompted by a rapidly spreading 0.3-square-kilometre wildfire located slightly more than one kilometre away from the community during the season’s initial heat wave.
- About 100 firefighters are addressing this fire along with two larger nearby blazes, with a contingent of 20 personnel having arrived from British Columbia. Sprinkler systems have now been installed to protect nearly 80 percent of the buildings within the community.
- Chief Waylon Scott explained that firefighting teams are working to control a small wildfire of about 0.3 square kilometres located just over one kilometre from the community, and emphasized that residents had only a few hours to evacuate.
- The evacuations mark the community's third since 2019, reflecting ongoing wildfire threats that officials believe will cause anxiety every spring moving forward.
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