Manitoba business helps people fighting, fleeing wildfire [Video]

As Cranberry Portage residents fled from a raging wildfire with whatever they were able to grab, owners of a gas station in Cranberry Portage stayed behind to help the people who were trying to save the community from going up in flames.

Melissa and Blair Lundie have owned MnB’s Gas Bar for the past four years. When the order to evacuate was given, the owners made sure they kept a generator running so they could continue pumping gas.

“It was an essential need to get the gas going,” Blair said. “Otherwise it was an hour to get gas.”

Blair said their parking lot was full of people trying to escape the fire.

After things settled down, the couple, who were still at the gas station, realized those left behind fighting the fire hadn’t been fed.

“Everybody was looking pretty slow and sluggish by that time,” Melissa said. “So I started …