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'I didn't think I was gonna make it,' says Brandon construction worker who survived northern Ontario wildfire

Carl Genaille said he had accepted possible death as he sheltered inside a sea can with a 19-person crew

CBC NewsLauren Scott

A construction worker who huddled with his crew inside a smoky shipping container as a northern Ontario wildfire encircled them said he's happy to be alive and back home with his family in Brandon, about 215 kilometres west of Winnipeg. 

The 19-person crew, made up of employees from Sigfusson Northern, a Winnipeg-based construction company, and Milestone Environmental Contracting Inc., a contracting and construction company with headquarters in Langley, about 50 kilometres southeast of Vancouver…

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'I didn't think I was gonna make it,' says Brandon construction worker who survived northern Ontario wildfire

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CBC NewsLauren Scott, Posted: Jun 09, 2025 11:16 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 hours ago
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