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There were two new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 3:
- North Bay 18 (NOR018) is 0.8 hectares and located approximately 200 metres northwest of Chant Plain Lake, within Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park. The fire is being held.
- North Bay 19 (NOR019) was 0.1 hectares and located on the southside of Stormy Lake, about 1 kilometre northeast of Hicks Lake. The fire is out.
There are 4 active fires in the Northeast region; 1 is being held and 3 are being observed.
The fire hazard is low to high across the Northeast Region. Areas from Madawaska, south to Big Cedar and Tweed, have an extreme fire hazard.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) is a government ministry of the Canadian province of Ontario that is responsible for Ontario’s provincial parks, forests, fisheries, wildlife, mineral aggregates and the Crown lands and waters that make up 87 per cent of the province. Its offices are divided into Northwestern, Northeastern and Southern Ontario regions with the main headquarters in Peterborough, Ontario.[1]
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