The Ministry of Natural Resources has been forced to evacuate hundreds
of people living in the Far North due to heavy smoke from forest fires.
536 people have been brought out of Deer Lake.
Information Officer Bob Thomas says 147-residents from Keewaywin and
128 from Sandy Lake have also been evacuated.
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All of the evacuees have been flown to Geraldton.
More then 400-fires continue to burn across the Region.
