{"id":83323,"date":"2026-05-20T08:01:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=83323"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:15:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:15:55","slug":"northeast-forest-fire-region-update-may-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/northeast-forest-fire-region-update-may-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast Forest Fire Region Update &#8211; May 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Northeast Region:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"large-shell-bottom panel-open\" role=\"contentinfo\" aria-label=\"bottom panel\">\n<div class=\"region bottom-region region-active\" data-region-name=\"BottomPanelRegion\" data-region-adapter=\"geocortex.framework.ui.MultiDivRegionAdapter\" data-maximized=\"false\">\n<div class=\"view ResultsRegionViewContainerView active\">\n<div class=\"view-container-view smart-panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-scroll-container region-active\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-region-name=\"ResultsRegion\" data-region-adapter=\"geocortex.framework.ui.MultiDivRegionAdapter\">\n<div class=\"view ResultsTableView active\">\n<div class=\"results\">\n<div class=\"widget bound-visible\">\n<div class=\"results-table\">\n<div class=\"filter-disabled\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-reactroot=\"\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"table-wrapper \">\n<div class=\"fixedDataTableLayout_main public_fixedDataTable_main\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"grid\" aria-readonly=\"true\" aria-label=\"Results table for layer Workflow Results 2\" aria-rowcount=\"1\" aria-colcount=\"5\">\n<div class=\"fixedDataTableLayout_rowsContainer\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"fixedDataTableRowLayout_rowWrapper\" role=\"row\">\n<div class=\"fixedDataTableRowLayout_main public_fixedDataTableRow_main public_fixedDataTableRow_even row public_fixedDataTable_bodyRow fixedDataTableLayout_hasBottomBorder public_fixedDataTable_hasBottomBorder\">\n<div class=\"fixedDataTableRowLayout_body\">\n<div class=\"fixedDataTableCellGroupLayout_cellGroupWrapper\">\n<div class=\"fixedDataTableCellGroupLayout_cellGroup\">\n<div class=\"fixedDataTableCellLayout_main public_fixedDataTableCell_main\">There are no active wildland fires in the Northeast Region.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Northwest Region:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Updated: May 19,\u00a02026 at 6:42\u00a0p.m. \u202fCentral Daylight Time (<abbr>CDT<\/abbr>)<\/p>\n<p>No new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by the early evening of May\u00a019.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of this update there are 4\u00a0active fires in the Northwest Region \u2013 1\u00a0fire is being held and 3\u00a0fires are under control.<\/p>\n<p>To access the current forest fire danger rating in your area visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lioapplications.lrc.gov.on.ca\/ForestFireInformationMap\/index.html?viewer=FFIM.FFIM\">interactive fire map<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Restrictions revoked &#8211; Dryden, Fort Frances, Atikokan District<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Natural Resources is advising that the Implementation Orders in place for wildland fires Fort Frances\u00a04\u00a0and Fort Frances\u00a05\u00a0have been revoked, effective May\u00a019\u00a0, 2026 at 6:00\u00a0p.m. CDT.<\/p>\n<p>All travel and the use of roads and lakes in the areas previously identified are available and residents may return to their properties. Wildland fire suppression activities are ongoing on Fort Frances\u00a04\u00a0and Fort Frances\u00a05, but public safety relating to these fires is no longer a concern.<\/p>\n<h4>Fires of note<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Fort Frances 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fort Frances 4<\/strong>\u00a0is located south of Highway 11\u00a0near Factor Lake.<\/li>\n<li>The fire is under control at 10.0\u00a0hectares.<\/li>\n<li>FireRanger crews continue to make progress with suppression efforts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fort Frances 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fort Frances 5\u00a0<\/strong>is located near the southeast side of Little Turtle Lake near Mine Centre.<\/li>\n<li>The fire is now under control at 14.9\u00a0hectares.<\/li>\n<li>FireRanger crews continue to make progress with suppression efforts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Dryden 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dryden\u00a011<\/strong> is located north of Ignace on the east side of Sandbar Lake.<\/li>\n<li>The fire\u2019s control status has changed to being held at a size 150.3\u00a0hectares.<\/li>\n<li>FireRanger Crews continue to make progress with suppression efforts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northeast Region: There are no active wildland fires in the Northeast Region. Northwest Region: Updated: May 19,\u00a02026 at 6:42\u00a0p.m. \u202fCentral Daylight Time (CDT) No new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by the early evening of May\u00a019. At the time of this update there are 4\u00a0active fires in the Northwest Region \u2013 1\u00a0fire is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forest-fire-updates"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-27 08:34:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83325,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83323\/revisions\/83325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}