Some 2,400 people have started returning to their homes in Tataskweyak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba, two months after they were forced to leave by wildfires.
Chief Doreen Spence, in a social media post, says people will have to throw out food in their refrigerators because the community has been evacuated since late May and hit by power outages.
Tataskweyak was initially threatened by one fire, then problems erupted at the local water treatment plant that prevented people from returning.
Another fire broke out July 4, sweeping into the community and destroying seven homes.
Residents will be re-entering in stages, from Winnipeg, Niagara Falls and other areas.
In Saskatchewan, about 700 people in Beauval can start returning home Wednesday after being out of the village for nearly a month due to fires.
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