{"id":83667,"date":"2026-06-03T23:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T03:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=83667"},"modified":"2026-06-03T23:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T03:14:19","slug":"hwy-144-between-mattagami-lake-road-mattagami-and-hwy-661-gogama-road-gogama-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/hwy-144-between-mattagami-lake-road-mattagami-and-hwy-661-gogama-road-gogama-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Hwy 144 (between Mattagami Lake Road, Mattagami and HWY 661-Gogama Road, Gogama) CLOSED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"timestamp\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-03-at-23.11.32.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-83669\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-03-at-23.11.32-254x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-03-at-23.11.32-254x300.png 254w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-03-at-23.11.32-508x600.png 508w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-03-at-23.11.32-768x907.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-03-at-23.11.32.png 970w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a>Jun 3, 2026 at 23:02<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A forest fire has closed Hwy 144 between Mattagami Lake Road, Mattagami and HWY 661-Gogama Road, Gogama.<\/p>\n<p>The highway was closed at 9:48 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>All lanes are closed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Timmins 9 (TIM009) <\/strong>has been remapped at 1100 hectares in size after an increase in fire behaviour this afternoon. This fire is not under control. Nine Ontario FireRanger crews are assigned to this wildland fire. Aerial fire suppression was ongoing throughout the afternoon and early evening.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Restrictions in place in the area of Timmins 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Natural Resources\u2019 Timmins -Kirkland Lake District has invoked an Implementation Order now in effect for the purposes of public safety and fire suppression, for areas near TIM-009, under the Emergency Area Order (<abbr>EAO<\/abbr>) 2026-003 declared on June 2, 2026.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div id=\"attachment_83668\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Implementation-Order-Northeast-Region-Timmins-Kirkland-Lake-District-IO-2026-003-TIM01-June-3-2026-scaled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83668\" class=\"wp-image-83668 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Implementation-Order-Northeast-Region-Timmins-Kirkland-Lake-District-IO-2026-003-TIM01-June-3-2026-300x194.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Implementation-Order-Northeast-Region-Timmins-Kirkland-Lake-District-IO-2026-003-TIM01-June-3-2026-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Implementation-Order-Northeast-Region-Timmins-Kirkland-Lake-District-IO-2026-003-TIM01-June-3-2026-600x388.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Implementation-Order-Northeast-Region-Timmins-Kirkland-Lake-District-IO-2026-003-TIM01-June-3-2026-768x497.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Implementation-Order-Northeast-Region-Timmins-Kirkland-Lake-District-IO-2026-003-TIM01-June-3-2026-1536x994.png 1536w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Implementation-Order-Northeast-Region-Timmins-Kirkland-Lake-District-IO-2026-003-TIM01-June-3-2026-2048x1325.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-83668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">click for larger image<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All travel and use of the Gogama Unit Road starting from Highway 144 (<abbr title=\"Universal Transverse Mercator\">UTM<\/abbr> 17T 445914<abbr title=\"east\">E<\/abbr> 5284849<abbr title=\"north\">N<\/abbr>) northbound to the Crothers Road intersection (UTM 17T 434711<abbr title=\"east\">E<\/abbr> 5315737<abbr title=\"north\">N<\/abbr>) as outlined in the attached Implementation Order (<abbr>IO<\/abbr>) map within the Emergency Area Order (<abbr>EAO<\/abbr>), is prohibited unless authorized by an Exemption Permit issued by the Timmins \u2013 Kirkland Lake District Ministry of Natural Resources (<abbr>MNR<\/abbr>).<\/li>\n<li>All travel and use of the Upper Kasasaway Lake access road off Gogama Unit Road (<abbr title=\"Universal Transverse Mercator\">UTM<\/abbr> 17T 434897<abbr title=\"east\">E<\/abbr> 5315321<abbr title=\"north\">N<\/abbr>) as outlined in the attached <abbr title=\"Implementation Order\">IO<\/abbr> map within the <abbr title=\"Emergency Area Order\">EAO<\/abbr>, is prohibited unless authorized by an Exemption Permit issued by the Timmins \u2013 Kirkland Lake District <abbr title=\"Ministry of Natural Resources\">MNR<\/abbr>.<\/li>\n<li>All travel and use of the trail located behind the Old Vagabond restaurant (<abbr title=\"Universal Transverse Mercator\">UTM<\/abbr> 17T 445147<abbr title=\"east\">E<\/abbr> 5283405<abbr title=\"north\">N<\/abbr>) leading to the Gogama Unit Road as outlined in the attached <abbr title=\"Implementation Order\">IO<\/abbr> map within the <abbr title=\"Emergency Area Order\">EAO<\/abbr>, is prohibited unless authorized by an Exemption Permit issued by the Timmins \u2013 Kirkland Lake District <abbr title=\"Ministry of Natural Resources\">MNR<\/abbr>.<\/li>\n<li>All travel and use of the Kenetogami Lake Road from Highway 144 (<abbr title=\"Universal Transverse Mercator\">UTM<\/abbr>17T 449943<abbr title=\"east\">E<\/abbr> 5288410<abbr title=\"north\">N<\/abbr>) north to the Hazen Lake intersection (<abbr title=\"Universal Transverse Mercator\">UTM<\/abbr> 17T 452736<abbr title=\"east\">E<\/abbr> 5303404<abbr title=\"north\">N<\/abbr>) as outlined in the <abbr title=\"Implementation Order\">IO<\/abbr> map within the <abbr title=\"Emergency Area Order\">EAO<\/abbr>, is prohibited unless authorized by an Exemption Permit issued by the Timmins \u2013 Kirkland Lake District <abbr title=\"Ministry of Natural Resources\">MNR<\/abbr>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This Order is in effect at 12:01\u00a0a.m Eastern Daylight Time on June 3, 2026 until such time as the order is revoked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jun 3, 2026 at 23:02 A forest fire has closed Hwy 144 between Mattagami Lake Road, Mattagami and HWY 661-Gogama Road, Gogama. The highway was closed at 9:48 p.m. All lanes are closed. Timmins 9 (TIM009) has been remapped at 1100 hectares in size after an increase in fire behaviour this afternoon. This fire is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3338,3336],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forest-fire-updates","category-area-road-closures"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 23:15:00","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\/83667","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83670,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83667\/revisions\/83670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}