'No imminent threat' of wildfire, but Lynn Lake is on an evacuation alert
Town urges residents to prepare to leave at short notice as evacuation order could come today or tomorrow
A northern Manitoba community forced to evacuate one month ago is holding off from evacuating again — for now — as nearby wildfires triggered air quality warnings Wednesday, less than a week after Lynn Lake residents were able to go back home.
Late Tuesday night, the Town of Lynn Lake warned residents that encroaching wildfires could trigger an evacuation order Wednesday or Thursday, according to a wildfire update posted on the community Facebook page.
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By midday Wednesday, the town put out another update saying though residents remain on evacuation alert, there was "no imminent threat" of wildfires to the community.
Fire trucks have been positioned around the community as a precaution just in case conditions worsen.
People in the area must still be ready to leave at short notice and are being urged to have a go-bag ready in the event the evacuation order is put in effect.
There remains an air quality warning in effect for Lynn Lake on Wednesday, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.
The community, which is about 800 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, was previously ordered to evacuate on May 27 due to a fire a few kilometres north that would go on to burn down more than two dozen cottages in Burge Lake Provincial Park.
That order followed one for Sherridon, 190 kilometres south of Lynn Lake, a day earlier.
Lynn Lake residents were allowed to return home as of June 20. Sherridon residents were able to go back on June 14.
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Despite developments in the Lynn Lake region, wildfire conditions have improved elsewhere in Manitoba.
A blaze about five kilometres north of Lynn Lake is seen at the end of May, when the northern Manitoba town was forced to evacuate. The community is now bracing for another potential evacuation, which could occur Wednesday or Thursday, according to a notice from the town late Tuesday night. (Submitted by Brandon Dulewich)
Residents, cottagers and business owners were allowed to return to the south of Nopiming Provincial Park in eastern Manitoba last week.
On Monday, the premier announced an end to a provincewide state of emergency issued May 28.
On Wednesday, many of the roughly 4,800 evacuees from Flin Flon, about 240 kilometres south of Lynn Lake, began heading home as that city's local evacuation order lifted at 9 a.m. CT.
This article was originally published for CBC News