700 people evacuated by military as northern Ontario wildfire threatens First Nation

Officials say the Canadian military has evacuated more than 700 people from northern Ontario where a major wildfire is threatening a First Nation.

National Defence says CC-130 Hercules aircraft has been airlifting people out of Sandy Lake First Nation.

It's unclear how many residents are still waiting to be evacuated from the community of more than 2,000 people.

The military was called in over the weekend as a massive wildfire in northern Ontario doubled in size to over 1,500 square kilometres.

Officials say the fire burned through 40 kilometres in a 24-hour period and was about six kilometres away from the community by Sunday night.

Tens of thousands of people across Canada have fled from raging wildfires, prompting Saskatchewan and Manitoba to both declare a provincial state of emer