State of Emergency in Far North

5 Northwestern Ontario communities are now in a “state of emergency,”
as smoke from forest fires have force hundreds of people from their homes.
Just over 800 people have been evacuated from the remote communities of
Deer Lake, Sandy Lake, and Keewaywin.
Emergency Management Ontario is helping with the removal of another 140
at-risk residents from the communities of Gull Lake and North Spirit Lake.
Roughly 13,000 hectares have been damaged by forest fires and the
mnr is spending over $1-million a day to fight the blazes.