The Canadian Red Cross is working to evacuate residents of Mathias Colomb Cree Nation as an out-of-control wildfire continues to threaten the remote Manitoba First Nation.
Officials say the fire doubled in size overnight and is now raging just two kilometres away from Pukatawagan, the First Nation's largest community.
"It was just this disbelief of how big the fires were surrounding the community, and how many fires there were," she said. "We've just been keeping busy, going on four hours of sleep, just trying to do everything we can.""It's our goal, between planes and trains, to get them out by the end of tonight," said Communications Manager Jason Small.
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