Leaf Rapids residents are being told to get ready to leave on short notice as wildfires threaten yet another Manitoba community.

[Update: Thu., July 3, 5:36pm] The Madre Fire has expanded to 52,593 acres as of 5:17 p.m. on Thursday, still with only 5 ...

At the outset of the blaze, the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office estimated that some 500 acres were already burned at the scene, near the 10000 block of Highway 166 in the Los Padres National Forest.

A fire in the Chengwatana State Forest north of the Twin Cities continues to ... material within 5 to 10 feet off the fire’s edge,” the update said. “Leaf drop ... DNR’s fire danger map on ...