SIT REP 1 | FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2025 | 2230 HOURS PT

Source: Data contains information from the Manitoba government, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use Licence (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB) / Photo Credit

There are many resources on the various wildfire incidents, which we are combining into a single post as the Canadian government is releasing updates daily.

Disclaimer: For easier understanding, all hectares have been converted to acres as well as other measurements, such as mileage, etc. (listed in parentheses/American version).

Total Committed Resources

  • 204 Firefighters, with more on order and arriving throughout each shift
  • 41 helicopters
  • 6 waterbombers
  • 4 other aircraft
  • 24 heavy equipment

Incident Cooperators can be a Fire agency, a Public Safety member from a Law Enforcement Agency, a humanitarian organization, to an animal rescue non-profit. We are including all of the supporting partners for all wildfires that are located in Manitoba, Canada. This is a fluid list, and we will be adding more throughout this incident.

  • Thompson Regional Airport – Airtanker Base
  • KAG Canada (supporting aircraft with fuel and logistics)
  • Manitoba Animal Alliance
  • Manitoba UnderDogs Rescue
  • Town of Snow Lake
  • Nakoma Resuce (Animal Rescue) / Photo Credit
  • Misipawistik Cree Nation
  • Steinbach Credit Union (relief support) scu.mb.ca/WildfireSupport
  • Canada Inn (housing about 260 wildfire evacuees)
  • Manitoba Wildfire Service
  • Y Winnipeg (free access to all Y Winnipeg community hubs) linktr.ee/ywinnipeg
  • Dauphin Co-Op (raising funds for Canadian Red Cross)
  • Rotary International District 5550 (deploying volunteers)
  • Snow Lake Emergency Preparedness – Town under mandatory evacuation, call for assistance with transportation, Clarence Fisher 204-358-0099.
  • Beausejour Chevrolet Buick GMC (collecting supplies, food for evacuees)
  • Gaynor Family Regional Library (donations drive)

There are so many wildfires burning across Canada that we thought we’d share some interesting Friday Fire Facts with you:

There are a total of 113 wildfires burning, with seven (7) of them being caused by Mother Nature, and not surprisingly, about 101 were human-caused. About five (5) of them are under investigation.

Through the Eyes of Social Media

Pennsylvania, PA (USA) – Residents are reporting skies are hazy from the heavy smoke now entering American airspace.

EAST REGION

FIRE EA061 is located from Bird River to Bissett and remains out of control per Fire Officials. It is currently 203,700 hectares, or for us in the United States, listed at a whopping 503,354 acres and growing rapidly.

–> EVACUATIONS — A mandatory evacuation order had bill issued for Bissett and Nopiming Provincial Park. A 2-hour evacuation notice is in place for the Rural Municipality of Alexander from Tail Timber Road to Hill Drive.

FIRE EA063 is located on the Ontario border near Ingolf, which is also out of control and currently listed at 6,550 ha (16,185 acres) on the Manitoba side of the border and about 31,300 ha in Ontario (77,344 acres)

WEST REGION

FIRE WEO17 was previously listed as WE024 and located near Sherridon,30, and listed in size as 307,800 ha (760,590 acres). According to local Fire Officials, SNOW LAKE declared a State of Local Emergency.

–> EVACUATIONS — The area has issued mandatory evacuation orders. This includes areas: Sherridon, Grass River Provincial Park and Wekusko Falls Provincial Park, Big Island, Schist Lake, Little Athapapaskow, Cottage Area, Lake Athapapuskow, Payuk Lake, Twin Lake, White Lake (NW Region), Bakers Narrows, and the City of Flin Flon. – 2-hour evacuation notices in place for Rocky Lake East and North.

FIRE WE023 is located about 8 km (less than 5 miles), from Wanless and south of Cranberry Portage. The size is listed at 4,900 ha (12,108 acres). It is listed as out of control, but according to Fire officials in the Rural Municipality of Kelsey, with additional firefighters assigned to this incident, have been successful in fighting the south flank of the fire. The dozer line remains in place with no movement. The 2-hour evacuation notice for Wanless and Rock Lake East and North Shore has been lifted.

–> EVACUATIONS — A voluntary evacuation for Wanless, AND A mandatory evacuation was issued for Cranberry Portage.

FIRE WE025 is burning near Mathias Colomb Cree Nation (Pukatawagan) and is the size of 9,800 ha (24,216 acres).

–> EVACUATION for the area has been issued as mandatory

FIRE WE027 is located near the Town of Grand Rapids and the Misipawistik Cree Nation with 2,500 ha (about 6,178 acres). This is an out-of-control fire incident as well. No evacuations are in effect at the time of this update.

FIRE WE028 is near the Bakers Narrows Provincial Park and has a size of 4,800 ha (11,861 acres).

–> EVACUATION (mandatory): Baker’s Narrows Provincial Park

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