Hwy 144 CLOSED (Between Timmins and Jct 144/560 Gogama) UPDATED 2:07 p.m.

At 1:18 OPP notified that the highway had been reopened.

 

Jan 6, 2019 @ 11:31

Hwy 144 remains CLOSED (Between Timmins and Jct 144/560 Gogama) due to a diesel fuel spill. Sources say that a transport hit a snow plow resulting in a 2km long spill of diesel fuel on the highway making it extremely slippery. There are comments that the highway will reopen around 2 p.m.