Manitoba RCMP to provide update on Lac du Bonnet wildfire
Manitoba RCMP say they will give an update related to the wildfire near Lac du Bonnet alongside local representatives on Wednesday afternoon.
RCMP Supt. Chris Hastie, commander of the Manitoba east district, is scheduled to speak at 3:30 p.m. CT, along with Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet Reeve Loren Schinkel and Rural Municipality of Alexander Mayor Jack Brisco.
CBC News will livestream the update from the Lac du Bonnet RCMP detachment on this page.
Hundreds have already been forced out of the cottage country community in eastern Manitoba, as a raging out-of-control wildfire near Lac du Bonnet quickly grew in intensity through the late afternoon and evening Tuesday.
While there were no reports of injuries, there was a significant loss of structures around the community's Wendigo Beach area, Schinkel said Wednesday morning.
The province's online fire map lists a number of other wildfires burning across Manitoba, including several listed as out of control.
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