Evacuations complete in Manitoba town, crews are fighting to keep blaze at bay

Additional firefighting crews are expected to arrive in a northwestern Manitoba town that was forced to evacuate over the weekend because of encroaching wildfires. Firefighters have so far been able to keep the out-of-control blaze away from Lynn Lake, a gold-mining community located approximately 1,000 kilometres from Winnipeg, but the town says on social media that the fire is about four kilometres from its main power line. The town says swampy terrain is expected to slow the spread of the fire in that direction. It says the blaze has grown to span 70 square kilometres since Saturday, when t…