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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 26

There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 25. 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 majority of the Northeast Region, with the exception of portions of the Cochrane sector, as well ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 25

There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 24. 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 Northeast Region.

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 24

There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 23. 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 Northeast Region.

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 23

There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 22. 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 Northeast Region.

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 22

There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 21. There were 4 new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 20. North Bay 28 (NOR028) is a 0.1 hectares fire located on the eastern shore of Hearst Lake. This fire is out. North Bay 29 (NOR029) is ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 20

There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 19. At the time of this update there are no active wildland fires in the Northeast Region. The wildland fire hazard for the Northeast Region is moderate to high in the southern end of the region and primarily low to moderate for the northern ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 19

There was one new wildland fire confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 18. North Bay 27 (NOR027) is a 1.1 hectare fire located east of the Little Pickerel River. This fire is under control. At the time of this update there is 1 active wildland fire in the Northeast Region; this fire is under control. The ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 18

There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 17. At the time of this update there is 1 active wildland fire in the Northeast Region; this fire is under control. The wildland fire hazard for the Northeast Region is moderate to high from Englehart and southwards.  The remainder of the region has ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 17

There were two new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 16. North Bay 25 (NOR025) is a 0.1 hectare fire located approximately 3 kilometres east of Kokoko Lake. This fire is under control. Sudbury 46 (SUD046) is a 0.3 hectare fire located on an island in Lower Onaping Lake. This fire is not under ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 16

There was one new wildland fire confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 15. North Bay 23 (NOR023) is a 0.1 hectare fire located approximately 2 kilometres west of Yorston Lake. This fire is not under control. There is one active wildland fire in the Northeast Region at the time of this update; it is not under ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 15

No new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 14. There are no active wildland fires in the Northeast Region at the time of this update. The wildland fire hazard is low to moderate in areas north and west of Kirkland Lake and Elliot Lake in the Northeast Region. Areas south and east of ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 13

One new wildland fire was confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 12: North Bay (NOR022) measures 0.1 of a hectare and located on the northeast side of Rabbit Lake, approximately 3 kilometres southeast of Sunrise Lake. The fire is not under control. At the time of this update there are 3 active wildland fires in the ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 12

One new wildland fire was confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 11: Sudbury 45 (SUD045) measures 0.1 of a hectare and located on an island west of Phillip Edward Island and east of Killarney. It is not under control at the time of this update. At the time of this update there are 4 active wildland ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 11

Two new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 10: North Bay 21 (NOR021) is 0.2 hectares and located approximately 250 metres west of Guppy Lake, and 2.2 kilometres east of Red Squirrel Lake. The fire is being held. Sudbury 44 (SUD044) is 1 hectare and located approximately 600 metres south of Round Lake, ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – September 10

Two new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region by the evening of September 9: Haliburton 28 (HAL028) is 12 hectares and located on the south side of Albert Road, approximately a 1 kilometre north of Highway 620 and 1.6 kilometres west of Finnegan Lake. One FireRanger crew is responding to assist municipal firefighters. The fire is not under ...

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