Standing in a big sauna: Manitobans describe wildfire conditions as evacuations continue – Winnipeg [Video]

As wildfires continue to burn in various locations throughout Manitoba, some residents say they’ve had first-hand experience escaping the flames.

Delaney McIntyre told 680 CJOB her family successfully made it out of the wildfire danger zone around Sunset Beach at Clearwater Lake.

Unfortunately, this wasn’t the first time they’ve had to dodge a blaze in the province’s north.

“Last year they had fires going on in the Flin Flon area, and we were actually caught in that as well,” McIntyre said.

“We had got the go-ahead to go towards The Pas, because we were coming from Flin Flon, but then the police went ahead of us and turned us around, and said the fire jumped the road … so it’s definitely fire season right now.”

McIntyre said her family has since made it safely to Opaskwayak Cree Nation, but evacuations in several communities north of The Pas and south of …