00:00Efforts to put out a wildfire near the Canadian town of Churchill Falls continue as of Thursday.
00:06Crews and two water bombers have been deployed to contain the blaze, which is burning just one kilometer east of the town.
00:13The fire has so far spread across roughly 170 hectares.
00:17Residents have been urged to stay alert, as forest fire season has started early in Newfoundland and Labrador.
00:23The Forestry Department's Wildfire Program Director, Craig Cody, said the risk to Churchill Falls is decreasing, but the fire remains out of control due to dry weather.
00:34Meanwhile in Manitoba, a state of emergency was declared on Wednesday.
00:39Thousands in the northern and eastern parts of the province have been told to evacuate, as wildfires continue to spread across central and western Canada.
00:48Fire crews remain on high alert, with dry weather expected to continue in the coming days.
00:54Were you mistaken?
00:55For everything else, we got to do with dry weather.
