There was one new wildland fire confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 1: Haliburton 26 (HAL026) was 0.1 hectares and located on an island on Big Porcupine Lake. The fire is out. There are 3 active fires in the Northeast region; all of which are being observed. The fire hazard is mainly moderate to high across ...
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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 1
There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of August 31. There were two new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of August 30. North Bay 16 measures 0.1 of a hectare. It is located west of Red Squirrel Road and near the eastern shore of Red Squirrel Lake; approximately ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – August 29th
There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of August 28. There are 5 active fires in the Northeast region; 1 is under control, 1 is being held and 3 are being observed. The fire hazard is low across the Northeast Region. Areas in the most southeast part of the region are showing a moderate ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – August 28th
There were three new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of August 27: Chapleau 14 (CHA014) was 0.1 hectares and located on the south side of Bunting Lake, approximately 2.6 kilometres west of Perth Lake, and 1.1 kilometres south of Nackawic Lake. The fire is out. Haliburton 26 (HAL026) is 0.5 hectares and located on Coo-ee ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – August 19
There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of August 18. Several fires were called out today, including: Haliburton 23 (HAL023) is 0.4 hectares and located approximately 100 metres north of White Boundary Road, and 2.5 kilometres west of White Lake. The fire is out. Haliburton 22 (HAL022) is 0.5 hectares and located approximately ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – August 18
There were 4 new wildland fires confirmed by the evening of August 17: Haliburton 23 (HAL023) is 0.4 hectares and located approximately 100 metres north of White Boundary Road, and 2.5 kilometres west of White Lake. The fire is not under control. Sudbury 33 (SUD033) was 0.1 hectares and located on Alvinholme Island on Georgian Bay. The fire is out. ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – August 16
There were 3 new wildland fires confirmed by the evening of August 15: North Bay 8 (NOR008) is 0.3 hectares and located on an island on Iceland Lake. The fire is being held. Sudbury 32 (SUD032) is 1 hectare and located within French River Provincial Park, approximately 3 kilometres north of Georgian Bay, and 1.6 kilometres east of Green Island. ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – August 15
There were 3 new wildland fires confirmed by the evening of August 14: Sudbury 30 (SUD030) is 0.6 hectares and located approximately 0.9 kilometres west of Tyson Lake, and 2.3 kilometres southeast of Turbid Lake. The fire is not under control. Sudbury 31 (SUD031) is 0.1 hectares and located 1 kilometre west of Tyson Lake, and 1.1 kilometres southeast of ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – August 14
There were no new wildland fires confirmed by the evening of August 13. There are 16 active fires in the Northeast region; Two are under control, 1 is being held, 2 are not under control, and 11 are being observed. The fire hazard varies from low to high across the Northeast region. Areas of Bancroft and west of Deep River, ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – August 13
There were no new wildland fires confirmed by the evening of August 12. There are 16 active fires in the Northeast region; One is under control, 1 is being held, 3 are not under control, and 11 are being observed. The fire hazard varies from low to high across the Northeast region. Areas south of North Bay are experiencing primarily ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – August 11
There were 4 new wildland fires confirmed by the evening of August 11: North Bay 7 (NOR007) was 0.1 hectare and located on an island on Killrush Lake. The fire is out. Haliburton 20 (HAL020) was 0.1 hectare and located on the west side of Maggie Lake, 0.4 kilometres south of Dale Lake, within Algonquin Park. The fire is out. ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – August 10
There were no new wildland fires confirmed by the evening of August 10. There was 1 additional wildland fire confirmed in the evening hours of August 9 following the previous update: Sudbury 28 (SUD028) is 0.4 hectare and located approximately 1.5 kilometres southeast of Wing Lake, and 3 kilometres southwest of Le Grou Lake. The fire is under control. There ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – August 9
There was one new wildland fire confirmed by the evening of August 8: Haliburton 16 (HAL016) is 3 hectares and located approximately 1 kilometre west of Head Lake and Highway 45, and 1 kilometre northwest of Rush Lake. The fire is not under control. There are 12 active fires in the northeast region; One is not under control, and 11 ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – August 8
There was one new fire confirmed by the evening of August 7: Cochrane 18 (COC018) is 1000 hectares and located approximately 25 kilometres north of Opinnagau Lake. The fire is being observed. There are 11 active fires in the northeast region; All of which are being observed. The fire hazard ranges mostly from moderate to high in the Northeast Region. ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – August 7
There were two new fires confirmed by the evening of August 6. Haliburton 14 is out at 0.1 of a hectare and is located southwest of Petroglyphs Provincial Park. Haliburton 15 is not under control at 0.1 of a hectare. This fire is located west of Bigwind Lake Provincial Park. There are 12 active fires in the northeast region; one ...
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