{"id":84126,"date":"2026-06-27T07:59:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T11:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=84126"},"modified":"2026-06-27T07:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T11:12:19","slug":"northeast-forest-fire-region-update-june-26-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/northeast-forest-fire-region-update-june-26-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – June 26"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Northeast Region<\/h3>\n

Updated: June\u00a026,\u00a02026 at 6:00\u00a0p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT<\/abbr>)<\/p>\n

There were no wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region today.<\/p>\n

At the time of this update, there are 2 active wildland fires in the Northeast Region. Of those fires, 1 is under control, and 1 is being observed.<\/p>\n

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Northwest Region<\/h3>\n

Updated: June 26,\u00a02026 at 20:35\u00a0p.m. \u202fCentral Daylight Time (CDT<\/abbr>)<\/p>\n

One additional fire was confirmed in the evening hours of June 25, following the previous update.<\/p>\n

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  • Kenora 16 (KEN016)<\/strong> was located near the shore of Umfreville Lake, east of One Man Lake 29. The fire was called out later that evening at 0.1 hectares.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Twenty-four new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by the evening of June 26.<\/p>\n

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    • Red Lake 11 (RED011)<\/strong> is located south of Malette Lake, approximately 5.0 kilometres west of Weeskayjahk Ohtahzhoganeeng Provincial Park. The 4.0-hectare fire is not under control.<\/li>\n
    • Red Lake 12 (RED012)<\/strong> is located south of the Deer Lake and Cochrane River confluence. The 0.5-hectare fire is not under control.<\/li>\n
    • Red Lake 13 (RED013)<\/strong> is located approximately 10.0 kilometres east of North Spirit First Nation. The 0.4-hectare fire is not under control.<\/li>\n
    • Thunder Bay 28 (THU028)<\/strong> is located approximately 1.0 kilometre west of the intersection of Roenicke Road and Depiero Road. The 1.0-hectare fire is not under control.<\/li>\n
    • Thunder Bay 29 (THU029)<\/strong> is located approximately 1.0 kilometre east of Labelle Lake and 4.6 kilometres west of Redhead Lake. The 0.2-hectare fire is not under control.<\/li>\n
    • Dryden 19 (DRY019)<\/strong> is located on Windigo Island in Eagle Lake, southwest of Migisi Sahgaigan. The 0.1-hectare fire is being held.<\/li>\n
    • Sioux Lookout 4 (SLK004)<\/strong> is located near Webb Lake, approximately 20.8 kilometres east of Highway 599. The 0.3-hectare fire is under control.<\/li>\n
    • Sioux Lookout 5 (SLK005) <\/strong>and Sioux Lookout 6 (SLK006)<\/strong> are located approximately 35.0 kilometres southeast of Pickle Lake. The two fires measure 4.0 and 0.1 hectares, respectively, and are not under control.<\/li>\n
    • Sioux Lookout 7 (SLK007) <\/strong>is located approximately 4.3 kilometres west of Albany River, near Sturman Lake. The 0.2-hectare fire is not under control.<\/li>\n
    • Sioux Lookout 8 (SLK008)<\/strong> and Sioux Lookout 10 (SLK010)<\/strong> are located approximately 20.0 kilometres southeast of Collishaw Lake and Highway 599. The two fires measure 4.5 and 0.1 hectares, respectively, and are not under control.<\/li>\n
    • Sioux Lookout 9 (SLK009)<\/strong> is located approximately 9.0 kilometres northwest of Pembina Bay (Lake St. Joseph). The 15.0-hectare fire is not under control.<\/li>\n
    • Sioux Lookout 11 (SLK011)<\/strong> is located approximately 7.8 kilometres east of Highway 599, and 21.0 kilometres northeast of Pickle Lake. The 15.0-hectare fire is not under control.<\/li>\n
    • Sioux Lookout 12 (SLK012) <\/strong>and Sioux Lookout 14 (SLK014)<\/strong> are located north of Dorothy Lake, near Dobie River. The two fires measure 0.3 and 0.2 hectares, respectively, and are not under control.<\/li>\n
    • Sioux Lookout 13 (SLK013)<\/strong> is located approximately 12.0 kilometres west of Highway 599, and 15.0 kilometres north of Pickle Lake. The 2.0-hectare fire is not under control.<\/li>\n
    • Sioux Lookout 15 (SLK015)<\/strong> and Sioux Lookout 16 (SLK016)<\/strong> are located near Nabemakoseka Creek, between Fry Lake and Dorothy Lake. The two fires measure 0.1 and 0.2 hectares, respectively, and are not under control.<\/li>\n
    • Sioux Lookout 17 (SLK017)<\/strong> is located northeast of Lac Seul, between Ration Lake and Horse Lake. The 0.2-hectare fire is not under control.<\/li>\n
    • Sioux Lookout 18 (SLK018)<\/strong> is located southwest of Kezik Lake, approximately 17.3 kilometres northwest of Slate Falls Nation Reserve. The 1.5-hectare fire is not under control.<\/li>\n
    • Sioux Lookout 19 (SLK019)<\/strong> and Sioux Lookout 20 (SLK020)<\/strong> are located between Armit Lake and Winsome Lake. The two fires measure 0.1 and 0.2 hectares, respectively, and are not under control.<\/li>\n
    • Sioux Lookout 21 (SLK021)<\/strong> is located approximately 9.0 kilometres south of Wunnumin Lake First Nation. The 80-hectare fire is not under control. Aerial suppression using CL-415 waterbombers has been ongoing throughout the evening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      At the time of this update there are 37 active wildland fires in the Northwest Region. Of these fires, 24 are not under control, 3 are being held, 3 are under control and 7 are being observed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Northeast Region Updated: June\u00a026,\u00a02026 at 6:00\u00a0p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) There were no wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region today. At the time of this update, there are 2 active wildland fires in the Northeast Region. Of those fires, 1 is under control, and 1 is being observed. Northwest Region Updated: June 26,\u00a02026 at …<\/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-84126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forest-fire-updates"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-04 08:21:51","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\/84126","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=84126"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84128,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84126\/revisions\/84128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}