First Nation evacuees spend another ‘frustrating’ night waiting on flights out of forest fire zone – CBC

Nearly 3,000 evacuees from northern Manitoba First Nations wait to be airlifted to southern Manitoba

Aug 31, 2017

Hundreds of northern First Nation evacuees spent another night sleeping on an airport floor and in a school gymnasium waiting for flights south as a fire nearly twice the size of Winnipeg rages nearby.

Frustrations are mounting in St. Theresa Point First Nation, where crowds of residents from Wasagamack First Nation remain after thousands were forced to leave their homes Tuesday night.

The chief of Wasagamack says smoke from the fire — which encompassed 77,000 hectares as of Wednesday — and uncomfortable living conditions are taking a toll on stranded members of his community.