A wildfire burning out of control in northern Manitoba has destroyed some abandoned buildings and spurred the fire chief of a community on the other side of the province to send firefighters from his team to help.

Manitoba remains in a provincewide state of emergency, due to rapidly spreading wildfires and extreme fire conditions. The Manitoba Wildfire Service (MWS) reports the majority of Manitoba is under extreme fire danger today with small pockets of high fire danger.

Roughly 17,000 residents in the Canadian province of Manitoba have been evacuated because of nearly two dozen active wildfires, officials said Saturday.

Two Canadian provinces have declared a state of emergency as intense wildfires, fueled by hot and dry weather, are forcing thousands to evacuate.

More than 25,000 residents in three provinces have been evacuated as dozens of wildfires remained active Sunday and diminished air quality in parts of Canada and the U.S. Most of the evacuated residents were from Manitoba,

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said Monday hotels in Winnipeg are opening up to thousands of evacuees who have fled their homes due to raging wildfires. Speaking ahead of the premiers' conference in Saskatoon,

By Amanda Stephenson CALGARY (Reuters) -Wildfires burning in Canada's oil-producing province of Alberta have affected more than 344,000 barrels per day of oil sands production, or about 7% of the country's overall crude oil output,

As anyone who was around two years ago will remember, this is not the first time a hazy, unhealthy back of air engulfed and choked Chicago.