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Northeast Region:
Updated: June 15, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. EDT
Northeast Region
There were no wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region today.
At the time of this update, there are 2 active wildland fires in the Northeast Region. Of those fires, 1 is being held, and 1 is being observed.
Fire of Note
- Timmins 9 (TIM009) is 3,151 hectares in size and located approximately 10 km from Gogama, 7 km west of Mattagami First Nation and 1.5 km west of Highway 144. This fire is being held.
Updated restrictions in place in the area of Timmins 9
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The Ministry of Natural Resources’ Timmins -Kirkland Lake District has invoked an Implementation Order now in effect for the purposes of public safety and fire suppression, for areas near wildland fire Timmins 9, under the Emergency Area Order EAO 2026-003 declared on June 2, 2026.
All travel and use of Road 480 off Gogama Unit Road (UTM 17T 442517E 5292076N) as outlined in the attached Implementation Order (IO) map within the Emergency Area Order (EAO), is prohibited unless authorized by an Exemption Permit issued by the Timmins – Kirkland Lake District Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR).
All travel and use of Kenetogami Lake Road from Highway 144 (UTM 17T 449943E 5288410N) north to the Hazen Lake intersection (UTM 17T 452831E 5303662N) as outlined in the IO map within the EAO, is prohibited unless authorized by an Exemption Permit issued by the Timmins – Kirkland Lake District MNR.
All travel and use of Stetham Road off Highway 144 (UTM 17T 456255E 5293156N) as outlined in the IO map within the EAO, is prohibited unless authorized by a Travel Permit issued by the Timmins – Kirkland Lake District MNR.
This Order is in effect at 12:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time on June 14, 2026 until such time as the order is revoked.
NOTAM in effect – Timmins 9
There is currently a NOTAM in the area of wildland fire Timmins 9.
This is over and above the standard airspace restrictions imposed by Section 601.15 of the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) which state that the airspace around all active forest fires is restricted to forest fire suppression aircraft only, specifically airspace within 5 nautical miles, up to an altitude of 3000 feet above ground level.
Pilots are reminded that NOTAMs concerning forest fires can be found on NavCanada’s Collaborative Flight Planning Services under the ‘Weather and NOTAM’ tab, when flight planning.
To access the current forest fire danger rating in your area visit our interactive fire map.
Northwest Region:
Updated: June 15, 2026 at 6:10 p.m. CDT
At the time of this update there are 10 active fires in the Northwest Region. Of those fires, 3 are not under control, 1 fire is being held, 2 fires are under control and 4 fires are being observed.
There were 2 new wildland fires confirmed in the Northwest Region by the early evening of June 15.
- Fort Frances 12 (FOR012) is located near Louisa Lake near the south end of Quetico Provincial Park, approximately 70 kilometres south of Atikokan. The fire is not under control at 3 hectares in size.
- Thunder Bay 26 (THU026) is located adjacent to a rail corridor approximately 13 kilometres east of Thunder Bay. The fire is being held at 0.2 hectares.
Fire of Note
Dryden 13 (DRY013)
- FireRanger crews continue to make excellent progress responding to Dryden 13, located in the southern portion of Wabakimi Provincial Park.
- The fire was remapped today to a more accurate size of 14,333 hectares. The fire remains not under control.
- 12 FireRanger crews, 5 Type-2 firefighting crews and 4 helicopters are assigned to fire suppression operations.
NOTAM in effect – Dryden 13
There is currently a NOTAM in the area of wildland fire Dryden 13.
This is over and above the standard airspace restrictions imposed by Section 601.15 of the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) which state that the airspace around all active forest fires is restricted to forest fire suppression aircraft only, specifically airspace within 5 nautical miles, up to an altitude of 3000 feet above ground level.
Pilots are reminded that NOTAMs concerning forest fires can be found on NavCanada’s Collaborative Flight Planning Services under the ‘Weather and NOTAM’ tab, when flight planning.
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