Two people have died in Canada due to wildfires.
In the Canadian province of Manitoba, two people died due to wildfires. This was reported on Wednesday, May 14, by the CTV channel, citing the police.
"The bodies of two people, presumably an adult man and a woman, were discovered in the morning (May 13. - Ed.) in the Wendigo Road area in Lac du Bonnet district," the newspaper quotes a statement from law enforcement agencies.
According to the latest data, the area of fires is 100 thousand hectares.
It is specified that currently there are 24 forest fires in the province, and their total area is 103 thousand hectares.
About a thousand people were forced to leave their homes.
Earlier, on April 23, it was reported that more than 3 thousand people were evacuated in Ocean County, New Jersey, due to a forest fire with an area of almost 3.5 thousand hectares. According to officials, about 1,320 buildings are still under threat. It is specified that at the moment the fire is localized in 10% of the territory.
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