Manitoba’s wildfire season has set records for the area of land decimated by the fires.

But the number of evacuees being helped by the Red Cross is also unprecedented.

As of August 6th, the Red Cross has registered more than 31-thousand people from over 12-thousand households.

They have also secured more than 25-hundred hotel rooms for Manitoba evacuees.

Mayor Colleen Smook recognizes the challenge the Red Cross faces.

“With Thompson always on the verge of evacuation and us not wanting or able to take evacuees in town, that means they have more of a challenge to get people on to other communities where they are going to be safe.”   

Overall more than 800 Canadian Red Cross volunteers and employees have been mobilized to support the wildfire response in our province.