There were no new fires discovered in the Northeast Region today. There are currently 2 active fires in the Northeast. Both are being observed. The fire hazard is a primarily low to moderate across the Northeast Region with a few areas starting to show a high hazard. There are 34 active fires in the Northwest Region. Among them, 10 fires ...
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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – June 30
There were 11 new wildland fires confirmed in the Northwest Region by the evening of June 29. Northeast Region: There were no new fires discovered in the Northeast Region today. There are currently 3 active fires in the Northeast; one is under control, and two are being observed. The fire hazard is a mixture of low to moderate to high ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – June 28
There were no new fires discovered in the Northeast Region today. There are currently 3 active fires in the Northeast; one is under control, and two are being observed. The fire hazard is high to extreme across the far north of the province while the central and southern section of the Northeast Region is a mixture of low ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – June 27
There were no new fires discovered in the Northeast Region today. There are currently 4 active fires in the Northeast; two are under control, and two are being observed. The fire hazard is moderate to high across most of the Northeast Region while the central area from Sault Ste. Marie east to the Quebec border and south to Gravenhurst has ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – June 26
There was one new fire discovered in the Northeast Region today. Chapleau 11 (CHA011) is approximately 3 kilometers north of Woman River Provincial Park, is 0.2 hectares in size and is not under control. There are currently 5 active fires in the Northeast; one is not under control, one is being held, one is under control, and two are being ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – June 25
There was one new fire discovered in the Northeast Region today. Wawa 6 (WAW006) is 600 meters south of South Hammer Lake, is 0.3 hectare in size and is not under control. There are currently 5 active fires in the Northeast; one is not under control, one is being held, one is under control, and two are being observed. The ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – June 24
There were no new fires discovered in the Northeast region today. There are currently 5 active fires in the Northeast; one not under control, two being observed and two under control. The fire hazard ranges mostly from low to moderate with some areas of high hazard scattered in the southern and central portions of the region.
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – June 23
There were no new fires discovered in the Northeast region as of Sunday evening. There are currently 5 active fires in the Northeast; one not under control, one being held, two being observed and one under control. The fire hazard is low across the Northeast region.
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – June 21
There was one new fire confirmed in the Northeast Frisay and another Thursday after last evening’s update: Cochrane 9 is currently 10 hectares and not under control. This fire is located over 9 kms north of the Fort Severn Airport. Cochrane 8 is currently 5.5 hectares and not under control. The fire is located 4 kms north of the Fort ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – June 18
There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by early last night. There are 4 active wildland fires in the Northeast Region; Two are under control and two are being observed. The fire hazard varies from low to high across the Northeast region.
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – June 16
There were two new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by last night: Cochrane 7 (COC007) is 126 hectares and is located approximately 87 kilometres northwest of Fort Severn. The fire is being observed. Timmins 5 (TIM005) is 0.1 hectare and is located near the west side of Highway 144, approximately 4 kilometres west of Gogama. The fire is ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – June 16
There was one new wildland fire confirmed in the Northeast Region last night: Chapleau 9 (CHA009) is 1 hectare and is located around 6 kilometres north of highway 667 and approximately 35 kilometres southeast of Chapleau. The fire is being held. There are 3 active wildland fires in the Northeast Region; One is under control, one is being held, and ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – June 16
There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region last night. There are 2 active wildland fires in the Northeast Region; One is under control, and one is being observed. The fire hazard is primarily high in the Northeast region. The fire hazard is moderate in Timmins, Kapuskasing, and along the James Bay.
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – June 13
There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region yesterday. Wawa 4 (WAW004) is 1.8 hectares and is located 1 kilometre west of White River, approximately 500 metres south of highway 17. Two FireRanger crews have responded to the fire. The fire is now under control. There are 2 active wildland fire in the Northeast Region; One is ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – June 12
There was 1 new wildland fire confirmed in the Northeast Region yesterday: Wawa 4 (WAW004) is 0.3 hectares and is located 1 kilometre west of White River, approximately 500 metres south of highway 17. Two FireRanger crews have responded to the fire. The fire is not under control. There are 2 active wildland fire in the Northeast Region; One is ...
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