Thursday, July 21, 2011

More Evacuations Planned

(Trevor Gauthier/Ministry of Natural Resources photo)


More evacuation of residents from the far north because of the forest fires is planned.

Mike Morton of the Emergency Management Ontario says as many as 1,800 residents will join the 1,500 who have already been evacuated.

"All of the evacuees are currently housed in reception centres and hotels," says Morton. "Today's evacuees will be going to places such as Moosenee, Ottawa and Arthur which is near Kitchener-Waterloo.

The latest evacuees come from Sandy Lake, Kingfisher Lake and Wunnimun Lake First Nations.