Forest fire evacuees are back home: MANFF
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This article was published 27/06/2013 (4693 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Hundreds of people who fled forest fires in northern Manitoba are safe back home.
At one point, more than 300 people were lodged in Brandon hotels after thick smoke blanketed their home community of York Factory First Nation.
First priority evacuees were children, the elderly and other susceptible people, who left the community on June 11, but the community was soon fully evacuated as the smoke got worse.
Smoke and fire conditions improved immensely as of June 24, according to the Manitoba Association of Native Firefighters, which enabled them to begin the return process. Any of the evacuees who chose to be returned via MANFF have been flown back on various airlines. MANFF says that was complete by Wednesday.
However, some people chose to either drive themselves or take the bus.