We received no alert, say leaders of First Nations communities razed by Canadian wildfires

Residents of northwestern Ontario say their warnings about fires they spotted were dismissed and official information as the flames spread often didn’t come at all.

First Nation chiefs from northwestern Ontario are calling for a public inquiry into the provincial government’s response to the region's wildfires, which have resulted in more than a dozen evacuations. Gull Bay First Nation’s Chief Wilfred King says “the lack of communication…

Communities were forced to flee raging blazes without help from the province, Indigenous leaders assert

The chiefs say some residents were forced to organize their own evacuations and received little warning or assistance as wildfires approached their communities.

Chiefs in Ontario say they were left to self-evacuate before homes burned to ground, after being told there was no imminent threat Fast-moving wildfires have burned two First Nations communities in Canada to the ground, as members said they were left to self-evacuate without…