Officials say eight to 10 homes near Lac du Bonnet, about 80 kilometres east ... "It threw down a whole bunch of lightning and we had two brand new lightning fires start." ...

Lightning sparked the fire near Nopiming on Monday. It had spread to 100,000 hectares and was considered unsafe to fight Tuesday and firefighting focused on Lac du Bonnet where Hayward said it was ...

Tragedy has struck one Manitoba community as RCMP say two people were found dead in the RM of Lac du Bonnet, believed to be due to injuries suffered in the wildfires that continue to burn.