Growing wildfires near Lac du Bonnet reiterate need to be prepared across Manitoba

Two quick spreading, out-of-control wildfires were reported near the Manitoba community of Lac du Bonnet, which was devastated by fires last spring. Lac du Bonnet is about 95 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg. Manitoba’s FireView report, which was last updated with Tuesday’s data, said the blaze growing north of Lac du Bonnet, on Red Deer Hills, was 205 hectares. It grew more than 100 hectares when compared to the size reported on Sunday. A second fire, burning south of the community, has grown from 15 hectares on Sunday to 398 hectares on Tuesday, according to the province’s fire status report…