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Today, June 5th, is Manitoba Day of Caring for Wildfire Evacuees with broadcasters across the province joining together to support those displaced and evacuated due to the fires raging across parts of Manitoba.

Adult & Teen Challenge of Central Canada is leaning on faith and community as it begins the long road of recovery after a devastating wildfire destroyed its Denare Beach men’s campus earlier this week.

Captain Jon Phipps, a helicopter instructor at 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School (CFFTS) in Southport, found himself thrust from the routine of training into the heart of the Manitoba wildfire crisis this past weekend.

Alongside fellow aviators, he piloted a CH-146 Griffon helicopter on a critical mission, airlifting evacuees from the fire-threatened northern Manitoba community of Pukatawagan to safety.

The fight to keep a wildfire at bay near Flin Flon continues.

As of Wednesday morning, Flin Flon has not seen any structural fires. Creighton, Saskatchewan, located east of Flin Flon, on the Saskatchewan/Manitoba border, has also not seen any structural fires as of 11:30 p.m. on Monday.

The city says there are currently over 200 personnel fighting the fire. 

As wildfires force families from their homes in northern Manitoba, a Winnipeg woman is using her knitting skills to bring a little joy and comfort to displaced families. 

Kim Michalski enjoys knitting and recently knitted 13 Izzy dolls.

Local fire fighters have suited up and headed up north to help in the wildfire fight near Flin Flon.

From the Pembina Triangle Mutual Aid District are - 3 members and a tanker truck from Morden, 2 members from Plum Coulee and 1 from St. Jean.

Officials in Manitoba and Saskatchewan say areas affected by wildfires aren't expected to see much relief in the weather forecast in the coming days.

More than 30,000 people in those provinces have been forced to leave their homes as wildfires threaten their communities.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said Tuesday that there would be challenging days ahead due to a lack of rain in the forecast.

Manitoba remains under a provincewide state of emergency, the provincial government says, with most of the province considered to be under extreme fire danger.

In an update released late Tuesday afternoon, the Manitoba Wildfire Service (MWS) explains that while some rain is expected across the province's north, it won't be enough to make a difference. The provincial state of emergency is expected to be in place until June 26, it says.

The Adult and Teen Challenge campus in Steinbach has welcomed a number of evacuees who fled the wildfires in Saskatchewan. 

In the aftermath of one of Manitoba’s most destructive wildfire seasons in recent memory, communities across the north are facing devastation—none more so than the people connected to the Teen Challenge locations in Denare Beach and Flin Flon. Al Legore, Regional Director for both sites, is among those now displaced and waiting in uncertainty as flames continue to ravage the region.