Eastern Manitoba First Nations evacuated as huge fire approaches

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-forest-fires-1.4674143

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Amik Aviation, which provides transportation to northern communities, cancelled all of its regularly scheduled flights to help with evacuations.

Manager Terrence Owen, who has family in Little Grand Rapids, is getting texts, phone calls and pictures which describe the blaze creeping closer and the smoke getting heavy.

"It's pretty bad," he said Wednesday. "No one has seen a fire like this before."

Amik's pilots used float planes to land on the water because the fire was still too close to the airport.



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Now the Chinook helicopter is emergency evacuating people tonight. 2000 people. Vibes to one and all.