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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – June 1

Northeast Region:

At the time of this update, there are 7 active wildland fires in the Northeast Region. Of those fires, 3 are not under control, 1 is being held, and 3 are under control.

There were two wildland fire confirmed in the Northeast Region today:

  • Sudbury 5 (SUD005) is 0.1 hectares in size and is located on the southeast shore of Kenabigoons Lake. This fire is not under control.
  • Sudbury 6 (SUD006) is 0.1 hectares and located on an island on the North Channel of the French River, approximately 1 kilometre northeast of Whippoorwill Road. This fire is not under control.

There were 2 new fires confirmed after the update last night:

  • Chapleau 4 (CHA004) was 0.1 hectares in size and located approximately 3 kilometers south of Sand Bay and west of 4 Seasons Road. The fire is now out.
  • Haliburton 19 (HAL019) was 0.1 hectares in size and located 1 kilometer northwest of the intersection of Highway 62 and Boulter Road. The fire is now out.

 

Northwest Region:

At the time of this update there are 11 active fires in the Northwest Region. Of these fires, 6 are not under control, 3 fires are under control and 2 fires are being observed.

There were 5 new fires confirmed in the Northwest Region by the early evening of June 1.

  • Thunder Bay 20 (THU020) is located near a rail corridor approximately 53 kilometres west of Armstrong. The fire is not under control at 10 hectares in size.
  • Thunder Bay 19 (THU019) is located near a rail corridor approximately 33 kilometres west of Armstrong. The 1.0 hectare fire is not under control.
  • Thunder Bay 18 (THU018) is located adjacent to the Matawin River, approximately 2.7 kilometres east of Sistonen’s Corner. The fire is not under control at 0.1 hectare in size.
  • Red Lake 6 (RED006) is located approximately 14 kilometres northeast of Poplar Hill First Nation. The fire is not under control at 40 hectares.
  • Dryden 15 (DRY015) was located near Amesdale Lake, approximately 28 kilometres north of Dryden. The 0.1 hectare fire has been called out.

 

 

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