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Northeast Forest Fire Update – August 25

There were three new wildland fires discovered by late afternoon on August 24. North bay 20 is listed at 0.2 of a hectare and is located southeast of Solace Provincial Park. Sudbury 38 is 0.1 of a hectare and is located near Washagami Lake. Chapleau 11 is currently 0.2 of a hectare. This fire is located southeast of Rush Lake. ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – August 23

There were two new wildland fires discovered by late afternoon on August 23. North Bay 19 is being held at 0.1 of a hectare and is located west of highway 11 near Jumping Cariboo Lake. Kempville 1 is under control at 0.1 of a hectare. This fire is located southwest of Arnprior near White Lake. At the time of this ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – August 22

There were two new forest fires discovered by late afternoon on August 22. Algonquin Park 18 is listed at 0.1 of a hectare. The fire is located near Round Island Lake. Bancroft 12 is being held at 0.1 of a hectare and is located southwest of Bon Echo Provincial Park. At the time of this update, there are six other ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – August 21

There were five new forest fires discovered by late afternoon on August 21. Algonquin Park 16 is listed at 0.1 of a hectare and located near Cradle Lake. Kirkland Lake 8 is being held at 0.2 of a hectare. The fire is located in the Whitefish Lakes area. Kirkland Lake 9 is listed at 0.3 of a hectare and is ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – August 20

There were two new forest fires discovered by late afternoon on August 20. Algonquin Park 13 is 0.1 of a hectare in size and is located near Sisco Lake in the western section of the Park. North Bay 18 is 0.5 of a hectare and is located north of the Mattawa River northeast of Paresseux Falls. At the time of ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – August 20

There were two new forest fires discovered by late afternoon on August 19. Algonquin Park 12 is currently 0.2 of a hectare and is located near Grand Lake. Sudbury 37 is currently 0.7 of a hectare and is located west of Venetian Lake. At the time of this update, there are two other active wildland fires in the region. Timmins ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – August 18

There was one new forest fire discovered by late afternoon on August 18. Timmins 18 is under control at 0.1 of a hectare. It is located south of Lower Footprint Lake. At the time of this update, there are two other active wildland fires in the region. Timmins 15 is under control at 0.6 of a hectare. It is located ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – August 18

There was one new forest fire discovered by late afternoon on August 17. Wawa 9 is not yet under control at 0.1 of a hectare. It is located south of Kabinakagami Lake. At the time of this update, there are five other active wildland fires in the region. Chapleau 10 is under control at 0.3 of a hectare. It is ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – August 15

There were three new fires discovered by late afternoon on August 15. Chapleau 9 is not yet under control at 0.1 of a hectare. It is located southeast of Ridout Lake. Chapleau 10 is not yet under control at 0.3 of a hectare. It is located on a small island of Kashbogama Lake. Timmins 15 is not yet under control ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – August 14

There were four new fires discovered by late afternoon on August 14. Sault Ste. Marie 11 is being held at 0.1 of a hectare, one and a half kilometre northeast of Havilland. Algonquin Park 9 is under control at 0.1 of a hectare, on the western shore of Ragged Lake. Algonquin Park 10 is not yet under control at 0.1 ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – August 11

There was one new fire discovered by mid afternoon on August 11. Algonquin Park 8 is being held at 0.1 of a hectare and is located north of Shirley Lake. At the time of this update, there is one other active wildland fire in the region. Cochrane 10 measures 74 hectares and is being observed, approximately 100 kilometres southeast of ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – August 9

There were no new fires discovered by the time of this report. At the time of this update, there are six active wildland fires in the region. Timmins 10 is under control at 0.8 of a hectare and is located northwest of Timmins. Timmins 11 is under control at 0.1 of a hectare. This fire is also located northwest of ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – August 7

There were two new wildland fires discovered by late afternoon August 7. Sudbury 30 is being held at 0.2 of a hectare and is located northeast of Tyson Lake, north of Highway 637. Sudbury 31 is not under control at 0.5 of a hectare. This fire is located northeast of Whiskey Lake At the time of this update, there are ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – August 6

There were two new wildland fires discovered by late afternoon August 5. Timmins 9 measures 0.2 of a hectare and is located west of Watabeag Lake, approximately 25 kilometres west of Highway 11. Pembroke 3 is located approximately 40 kilometres northwest of Barry’s Bay, southeast of Algonquin Park. At the time of this update, there are five other active wildland ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – August 5

There were four new wildland fires discovered by late afternoon August 4. Sudbury 25 is being held at 0.1 of a hectare, on the west side of Scotia Lake, east of Highway 144. Chapleau 7 is being held at 0.1 of a hectare, approximately 4 kilometres northeast of Angus Lake. Timmins 6 is being held at 0.2 of a hectare, ...

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