Weather, Closures, Forest Fires

The warm/hot and dry weather has created pockets of extreme forest fire risk in the region as show by the red in the map to the right. Lake Superior Park is entirely in a pocket, and the other extends from around White River to Hornepayne. The White River Fire Department asks, “Our forest fire rating has increased to extreme. Please ...

This evening, the majority of Greenstone’s land area became rated as extreme fire hazard. The forecast for the coming days does not show any significant rainfall predicted. In the interest of community safety, a full fire ban is being implemented effective 12:01 a.m. Sunday, July 12, 2026. A fire ban suspends any issued burn permits, meaning there is no way ...

Northeast Region Updated: July 10, 2026 at 6:25 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) There were 2 new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region today: Cochrane 35 (COC035) is 1 hectare and located on an island on Ritchie Lake. The fire is not under control. Cochrane 36 (COC036) is 0.2 of a hectare and located along the west side of Groundhog River, ...

Northeast Region Updated: July 9, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region today. There was one wildland fire confirmed yesterday evening after our update: North Bay 22 (NOR022) was 0.1 of a hectare in size and was located along the north shore of Burnt Island, just under a kilometre south ...

Northeast Region Updated: July 8, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Cochrane 33 (COC033) is 127 hectares and is located approximately 43 kilometres northwest of Ghost Lake and 77 kilometres northeast of Big Trout Lake. The fire is being observed. Cochrane 34 (COC034) is 1356 hectares and is located approximately 7 kilometres north of Winisk River and 27 kilometres south ...

Northeast Region Updated: July 7, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) There were 6 new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region today: Sudbury 15 (SUD015) is 0.2 of a hectare and is located approximately 3 kilometres south of Whitewater Lake and 5 kilometres north of Municipal Road 55. The fire is being held. Sudbury 16 (SUD016) is 0.4 ...

Northeast Region Updated: July 6, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) There were 7 new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region today: Wawa 9 (WAW009) is 0.1 of a hectare and is located approximately 0.4 of a kilometre east of Upper Taradale Lake, and 2.2 kilometres northeast of Stillwell Lake. The fire is under control. Wawa 10 (WAW010) ...

Northeast Region Updated: July 5, 2026 at 7:10 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Five new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region today: Cochrane 32 measures 2.8 hectares. It is located approximately 2 kilometres northwest of Harty. Two CL-415 waterbombers and a lead birddog aircraft were on the scene this afternoon. Two FireRanger crews are responding. A helicopter with belly tank assisted crews ...

Northeast Region Updated: July 3, 2026 at 6:20 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Four new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region today: Timmins 17 measured 0.1 of a hectare and was located west of Great Lake and southwest of Montgomery Lake, south of highway 101. It was situated approximately 33 kilometres southeast of Foleyet and has already been declared out. Cochrane ...

Jul 4, 2026 at 04:52 The collision has been cleared and all lanes are open. Jul 4, 2026 at 04:08 ON511 is reporting that a collision on Hwy at Beaumont Park Road (near Heyden) has closed both lanes.    

Northeast Region Updated: July 2, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) One new wildland fire was confirmed in the Northeast Region today: Timmins 16 is estimated at 3 hectares and is located east of highway 144 and south of highway 560, near Threecorner Lake. Aerial fire suppression teams actioned this wildland fire on Thursday afternoon. Two Ontario FireRanger crews are responding. ...

Northeast Region Updated: July 1, 2026 at 6:05 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) There were two new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region today: Chapleau 8 measured 0.1 of a hectare. It was located approximately 27 kilometres south of Chapleau, east of the Sheppard and Morse road and has already been declared out. Wawa 8 was confirmed late this afternoon, measures 8 ...

Yellow Warning – Heat 3:50 AM EDT Wednesday 1 July 2026 Impact Level: Moderate Forecast Confidence: High A multi-day heat event continues. What: Maximum temperatures of 28 to 33 degrees Celsius (82.4F – 91.4F) Minimum temperatures of 17 to 21 degrees Celsius. (62.6F to 69.8F) Humidex values of 35 to 40 (95F to 104F) When: Continuing through Thursday, and into ...

Yellow Warning – Heat 3:50 AM EDT Wednesday 1 July 2026 Impact Level: Moderate Forecast Confidence: High A multi-day heat event continues. What: Maximum temperatures of 28 to 33 degrees Celsius (82.4F – 91.4F) Minimum temperatures of 17 to 21 degrees Celsius. (62.6F to 69.8F) Humidex values of 35 to 40 (95F to 104F) When: Continuing through Thursday, and into ...

Yellow Warning – Heat 3:50 AM EDT Wednesday 1 July 2026 Impact Level: Moderate Forecast Confidence: High A multi-day heat event continues. What: Maximum temperatures of 28 to 33 degrees Celsius (82.4F – 91.4F) Minimum temperatures of 17 to 21 degrees Celsius. (62.6F to 69.8F) Humidex values of 35 to 40 (95F to 104F) When: Continuing through Thursday, and into ...