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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – May 30

There were 2 new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of May 29: Cochrane 4 (COC004) is a 1.5 hectare wildland fire that is located approximately 5 kilometres east of Pichogen River Provincial Park. The status of this fire is not under control. Chapleau 7 (CHA007) was a 1.1 hectare wildland fire that is located north-northeast of Desbarats ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update- May 29

There were 4 new fires confirmed in Northeast Region last night after the advisory was issued: Cochrane 2 (COC002) is 8 hectares in size and is located approximately 5km northwest of the Attawapiskat Airport. This fire is not under control. Chapleau 5 (CHA005) is 0.4 hectares and is being held. This fire is located 1 kilometer east of the north ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – May 26

There were two new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region today. North Bay 4 (NOR004) is a 0.3 hectare fire located at the north end of Manitou Lake, east of Sturgeon River Provincial Park. This fire is not under control. Wawa 1 (WAW001) is a 0.3 hectare fire located approximately 11 kilometers southeast of Caramat. This fire is not ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – May 25

There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by yesterday evening. There are no active wildland fires in the Northeast Region. The fire hazard is low across the Northeast region. Kirkland Lake has a moderate fire hazard.

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – May 20

There were 3 new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region. Sudbury 10 (SUD009) was a 0.1 hectare fire located in Grundy Lake Provincial Park, around a kilometre east of Gurd Lake. The fire is out. Sudbury 11 (SUD010) was a 0.1 hectare fire located on the west side of Maple Lake. The fire is out. Timmins 2 (TIM002) is ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – May 16

There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region today. There are 3 active wildland fires in the Northeast Region; all are under control. The fire hazard is predominantly low to moderate across most of the Northeast Region this afternoon, with one area stretching north from Greater Sudbury to south of Matachewan showing high fire hazard.

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – May 15

There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region, Thursday May 15. There are 5 active wildland fires in the Northeast Region: 2 are under control and 3 are being held. The fire hazard is predominantly low to moderate across most of the Northeast Region this afternoon, with areas stretching east from Montreal River Harbour to Matachewan through ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – May 14

May 15, 2025 at 12:27 There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region yesterday. There are 4 active wildland fires in the Northeast Region: one is under control, one is being held and two are not yet under control but FireRanger crews are making good progress with fire suppression. The fire hazard is predominantly moderate to high ...

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Restricted Fire Zone Notice – Northwest Region

Due to the extreme forest fire hazard conditions and to reduce the number of human-caused fires, the Ministry of Natural Resources will be declaring a Restricted Fire Zone effective Friday, May 16 at 12:01 am local time for a portion of the Northwest Region (Zones 2, 3, 6, 7, 8). The area impacted will be from the Southwest corner of ...

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Northeast Fire Region Update – May 13

May 14, 2025 at 08:00 Three new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region by early yesterday evening. Sudbury 7 (SUD007) is located on the north side of Georgian Bay, about 2 kilometres west of Hwy 529. The 0.3 hectare fire is under control. Timmins 1 (TIM001) is located 3.5 kilometres north of Gogagma. The 15 hectare fire is ...

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Northeast Fire Region Update – May 13

Three new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region today (as of 19:45 Monday afternoon). Chapleau 3 is located east of highway 129 near the shore of Mather Lake. It is being held at 0.3 of a hectare. One FireRanger crew is assigned and a belly tanker helicopter dropped water onto the wildland fire this afternoon. Sudbury 6 measures ...

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Forest Fire Update NE Region – May 12

May 12, 2025 at 08:09 Four new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region on Sunday, May 11. North Bay 3 was confirmed early Sunday afternoon on Elliot Island which is located on the French River. The 1.3 hectare fire is under control. Sudbury 4 is located east of highway 69 near the Hartley Bay Road exit and west ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – May 2

There are currently no active wildland fires in the Northeast Region. Two new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region since the last update. Haliburton 1 (HAL001) – was a 3.2 hectare fire located on the eastern shore of Gull Lake, northeast of Sugar Island. This fire is now out. North Bay 1 (NOR001) – was a 0.1 hectare ...

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