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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – October 14

There was one new wildland fire confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of October 13. Haliburton 43 (HAL043) is 5 hectares in size and is located 1 kilometre northwest of Edward Lake. This fire is not under control. Two additional fires were confirmed in the evening hours of October 12 following the previous update. North Bay 41 (NOR041) ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – October 13

There was one new wildland fire confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of October 12: Haliburton 42 (HAL042) is 0.1 hectares and is located on the east side of Norlock Lake, approximately 0.3 kilometres north of Sunny Hill Road, and 1.2 kilometres west of Highway 69. The fire is under control. At the time of this update there ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – October 11

There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of October 10. At the time of this update there are 5 active wildland fires in the Northeast Region. One of these fires is not under control, 1 is being held, 2 are under control, and 1 is being observed. The majority of the Northeast Region ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – October 10

There were two new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of October 9: Sudbury 56 (SUD056) is 0.1 hectares and is located on the north side of Lac St. Jean, approximately 1 kilometre west of Blue Lake, and 3 kilometres east of Moose Lake. The fire is under control. Haliburton 41 (HAL041) was 0.1 hectares and ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – October 9

There was one new wildland fire confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of October 8: Cochrane 22 (COC022) is 3 hectares and is located approximately 5.6 kilometres northeast of Newpost Creek, and 6.5 kilomteres southwest of Kineras Lake. The fire is being observed. At the time of this update there are 10 active wildland fires in the Northeast ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – October 8

There were two new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of October 7: North Bay (NOR040) was 0.2 hectares and located on the northwest side of Le Grou Lake, approximately 120 metres east of Lampman Road, and 1.5 kilometres south of Dutchman Lake. The fire is out. Haliburton 40 (HAL040) is 0.6 hectares and is located ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – October 7

There were six new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of October 6: Haliburton 36 (HAL036) is 0.5 hectares and is located just east of Irvine Lake, approximately 5.8 kilometres west of Highway 400, and 1 kilometre north of Go Home Lake. The fire is being held. Haliburton 37 (HAL037) is 1.4 hectares and is located ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – October 6

There were four new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of October 5. Sudbury 52 (SUD052) is 0.1 hectares in size and is located on the north shore of the central Shanty Bay Lakes. This fire is under control. Sudbury 53 (SUD053) is 2.5 hectares in size and is located 1 kilometre northeast of Paddy Lake. ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – October 4

There were no new wildland fire confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of October 3. At the time of this update there are five active wildland fires in the Northeast Region.  One of these fires is not under control and four are being held. The wildland fire hazard is low to moderate across the northern portion of the ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – October 3

There was one new wildland fire confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of October 2. North Bay 34 (NOR034) is 4 hectares in size and located approximately 1 kilometre west of Harry May Lake. This fire is not under control. At the time of this update there are five active wildland fires in the Northeast Region.  Three of ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – October 2

There were three new wildland fire confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of October 1. North Bay 32 (NOR032) is 12 hectares in size and located approximately 1 kilometre southwest of Pine Lake. This fire is not under control. North Bay 33 (NOR033) is 0.2 hectares in size and located 1 kilometer east of Restoule Lake. This fire ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – October 1

There were two new fires in the Northeast Region after the Media Advisory last night: Chapleau 15 (CHA015) is 1 hectare in size and is under control. This fire is located between September and October Lake. Haliburton 32 (HAL032) was 0.1 hectares in size and located on the southern shore of Nunikani Lake. This fire is now out. There was ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 30

There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 29. At the time of this update there are no active wildland fires in the Northeast Region. The wildland fire hazard varies from low to moderate across the northern portion of the Northeast Region. The central and southern portions of the region are showing ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 29

Two new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 28. Cochrane 21 is now out 0.1 of a hectare and was located north of Ekip Lake, approximately 28 kilometres north of Hearst. Sudbury 51 is being held at 0.3 of a hectare and is located north of Capreol. We are asking the public to ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 27

One new wildland fire was confirmed in the Northeast Region late last evening, September 25. It was declared out this morning. North Bay 31 reached a total size of 0.1 of a hectare. It was located south of Anima Nipissing Road, and on the northwestern shore of Gillies Lake. One new wildland fire was confirmed in the Northeast Region by ...

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