Strong winds are fanning the flames of a fire near a small Manitoba community. Crews have been fighting the fire — and others ignited by sparks being thrown around by gusting winds — since early Wednesday. Winds gusting at 100 km/h are being blamed for the outage, as well as knocking down trees and tearing at shingles and siding on homes. Now the water bombers are in Langruth, a community on the west side of Lake Manitoba. The weather system responsible for the gusting winds is the same one that helped fuel fires in Alberta and Saskatchewan and caused damage in Calgary and Regina.

Source: CBC News October 18, 2017 12:28 UTC