People living in Pelican Narrows, 400 kilometres northeast of Prince Albert, Sask., are being told to leave the community immediately as a wildfire burns dangerously close to town.

The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation has declared a state of emergency.

Wildfires have been burning in the area for weeks and hundreds of people have already been evacuated to centres in Saskatoon, Prince Albert and Flin Flon.

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Wildfires have prompted evacuations of many northern Saskatchewan communities.

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