WINNIPEG, Canada — Wildfires forced another 1,000 people to flee their homes in Manitoba, one of two Canadian provinces under a state of emergency that has led to thousands of evacuations.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires has worsened air quality in eastern Canada and the U.S. The fires have forced thousands of Canadians to flee their homes and sent smoke as far as Europe.

The town of Snow Lake, Manitoba issued a mandatory evacuation order for its residents Friday as a large wildfire threatens the area.

That fire, which has now grown to more than 1,058 square miles, has already forcd out all 5,000 residents of the city of nearby Flin Flon and a thousand more in surrounding cottages and homes.

When the Snow Lake evacuees are added in, Manitoba has about 19,000 displaced from their homes. There are 27 total fires in the province of Manitoba, eight of them out of control.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said evacuees have found a place to stay with friends or family, in hotels or in congregate shelters.

— The Associated Press