Aerial footage shows massive smoke plumes from Canadian wildfires
A wildfire emergency in western Canada spreads as 17,000 people were told to flee the flames in Manitoba, which has declared a state of emergency.
More than 166 fires are actively burning across Canada, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.
As of Thursday, 84 of those fires have been deemed "out of control", with major blazes also in the provinces of Alberta, Ontario and British Columbia.
The Canadian Armed Forces are being deployed to Manitoba to help move residents and firefight, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said on Wednesday.
