The Premier of Manitoba, Wab Kinew, updated the press in Winnipeg as the wildfire situation worsened overnight.
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00:00keep calm and carry on that's the message for today on this the third day of our provincial
00:19state of emergency today we're going to see thousands of people moving out of northern
00:25manitoba the canadian armed forces has accelerated their efforts in pakatawagan given that really
00:32urgent situation overnight and the the hercules planes are arriving in very frequent
00:41cadence in norway house to move pimichigamack citizens so as we get later this afternoon and
00:52into this evening we'll be getting closer to that 17 000 number so on wednesday we said 17 000
00:58people are being ordered out of their homes or being put on notice today's the day where
01:04the vast majority of those folks will actually have moved from their homes to safety
01:11we do expect some very very challenging conditions in flinflon and in the surrounding community
01:17particularly later this afternoon the situation there is very very serious and we are doing
01:24everything that we can to preserve life but also to preserve people's livelihoods and homes in the region
01:33because that situation is so serious across canada we are now turning internationally for help i shared
01:40some information about colombian helicopters yesterday and today we receive news that 125 firefighters
01:49will be coming from the united states that's 100 firefighters proper and then 25 managerial workers
01:56who will be able to provide logistical supports we cannot thank other jurisdictions enough folks from
02:03alberta british columbia nova scotia new brunswick the flight crews and bombers water bombers from
02:10ontario and from the territories uh the other equipment and resources we've received from quebec and
02:17now turning to our neighbors from the south to help us in our time of need not too long after we had
02:23winnipeg firefighter in los angeles helping americans during their time of need it really does just
02:29underline how serious the situation is i think what we've seen this wildfire season that's been unique
02:36as the experts have explained it to us is that in past three years you've had you've had one region
02:43at a time the east would have an issue then the next year it would be the north and then the following
02:47year maybe the west this year it's every region at the same time and so this is one of the things that
02:52we are in the first instance responding to with the dedication the professionalism and the desire to
03:01protect lives across manitoba we're in a wildfire season where we're not seeing rain where there
03:09hasn't been lightning and so when we do see new starts as we continue to see it stands to reason that
03:16there's a human cause and then as we head into the weekend pray for rain we haven't seen rain in the
03:26forecast yet that could really help sustained rainfall in particular but in the absence of that
03:34the past few days have been very challenging and that may continue