Fine particle levels are expected to reach the purple air quality index category, which means it is considered “very unhealthy" for everyone throughout a wide stretch of Minnesota.

Over 100 American Red Cross volunteers who specialize in shelter services have come to Winnipeg to operate a "megashelter" for wildfire evacuees.

The Muskeg fire near Beauval, Sask., has grown to more than 200,000 hectares. Meanwhile, national forecasts say fire conditions across the country are set to get even worse in August.