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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – July 9

Two new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of July 8: Cochrane 13 (COC013) is located 38 kilometres east of the community of Peawanuck, is 50 hectares in size and is being observed. Cochrane 14 (COC014) is 52 hectares in size and located 13 kilometres northeast of the Poplar River. This fire is being observed. ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – July 8th

There were four new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region today: Haliburton 6 (HAL006) is 0.1 hectare fire located on a small island in Lingham Lake. This fire is being held. Cochrane 10 (COC010) is 32 hectares in size and is located approximately 23 kilometres north of the Otter River in the far north. This fire is being observed. ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – July 5

There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region as of last night. There are currently 2 active wildland fires in the Northeast. Both are being observed.   The fire hazard varies from moderate to high across the Northeast Region. Most of the area along the James Bay coast has a low hazard.

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – July 3

There were no new fires discovered in the Northeast Region yesterday. There are currently 2 active fires in the Northeast. Both are being observed.   The fire hazard is a low to high across the Northeast Region with a few areas starting to show an extreme hazard.

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – July 2

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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.

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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.

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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 ...

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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.

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