Smoke from northwestern Ontario forest fires spreads over part of Manitoba

Hazy conditions reported, smell of smoke reaches Winnipeg

Image | Red Lake smoky sky

Caption: The sky in Red Lake, Ont., is orange and brown on Thursday. Smoke from forest fires in northwestern Ontario has blown over Manitoba. (Rhonda Beckman/Facebook)

Forest fire smoke from northwestern Ontario has drifted west into Manitoba.
A Manitoba government official confirmed Friday that the smoke is from Ontario fires.
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources reports there are dozens of fires in northwestern Ontario, including a blaze 80 kilometres north of Kenora.