Manitoba's premier and other officials will provide a wildfire update on Wednesday as a evacuations were ordered Tuesday in the west and massive fires continue to burn out of control in the east.

CBC News will livestream the 10:15 a.m. news conference here and on CBC Gem.

A number of communities in north and northeastern Manitoba were evacuated while other parts of the province are on high alert in one of the worst fire seasons in recent memory.

Sherridon and Lynn Lake were evacuated or in the process of evacuating this week while the city of Flin Flon has told its residents to brace for a possible evacuation.

The communities of Cross Lake and Wabowden have both declared states of emergency and there were several emerging fires in areas such as Chemawawin Cree Nation and neighbouring Easterville, as well as in Wanless.

Meanwhile, in the east, the Nopiming/Bird River fire continues to engulf 124,238 hectares and remains out of control, leaving the community of Bissett planning for a possible evacuation.

And the fire near the Ontario border near Ingolf, Ont., is still out of control at approximately 31,300 hectares with about 4,000 hectares of that on the Manitoba side in Whiteshell Provincial Park.

The latest details are in the Manitoba government's fire bulletin on the provincial website.