{"id":84365,"date":"2026-07-04T07:59:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T11:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=84365"},"modified":"2026-07-04T06:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T10:44:29","slug":"forest-fire-update-july-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/04\/forest-fire-update-july-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Fire Update &#8211; July 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Northeast Region<\/h3>\n<p>Updated: July\u00a03,\u00a02026 at 6:20\u00a0p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (<abbr>EDT<\/abbr>)<\/p>\n<p>Four new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e866bfc25badeb5d6de8c3d9ac97e442a\"><strong>Timmins 17<\/strong> 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.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ec73eb7b426ccae788aeff519b08090b5\"><strong>Cochrane 26<\/strong> is estimated at 20 hectares. It is located 27 kilometres south of Hearst and south of Lac de Coppell. Two CL415 waterbombers and a lead birddog aircraft responded this afternoon. There are three Ontario FireRanger crews assigned to this fire.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ef5cee860ceb98507f69f963d037e4cb9\"><strong>Sudbury 13\u00a0<\/strong>is under control at 0.1 of a hectare. This fire is located on an island on the east side of Onaping Lake, east of highway 144 and Halfway Lake Provincial Park.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e32dc0cc922c6b5fa5acd32e4c3cfa9c4\"><strong>Chapleau 9\u00a0<\/strong>is approximately 14 kilometres northeast of Iron Bridge, north of Caribou Lake and west of Matinenda Lake. It measures 0.3 of a hectare and is not under control at the time of this update. Two FireRanger crews are on the scene this evening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are currently 25 active wildland fires in the Northeast Region. Of these: 2 are not under control, 3 are being held, 3 are under control and 17 are being observed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<h3>Northwest Region<\/h3>\n<p>Updated: July 3,\u00a02026 at 18:30\u00a0p.m. \u202fCentral Daylight Time (<abbr>CDT<\/abbr>)<\/p>\n<p>There were 2\u00a0new wildland fires confirmed in the Northwest Region by the early evening of July 3.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e409215180c3868cc3cfc6c694a90b70d\"><strong>Fort Frances 17\u00a0(FOR017<\/strong>) is located near Kasakokwog Lake in Quetico Provincial Park, approximately 15\u00a0kilometres south of Atikokan. The fire is not under control at 0.2\u00a0hectares.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ecb7c4865c4c9388a39530b6edcb29445\"><strong>Thunder Bay 33\u00a0(THU033<\/strong>) is located near th3e southern end of Smoothrock Lake in Wabakimi Provincial Park, approximately 32\u00a0kilometres west-northwest of Armstrong. The fire is not under control at 0.1\u00a0hectares.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There were 2\u00a0additional fires confirmed during the evening hours of July 2.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e638c26c0f649c72627880cbffbc9612a\"><strong>Fort Frances 16\u00a0(FOR016<\/strong>) is located less than a kilometre west of Highway 502\u00a0in the Poulson Lake area, approximately 31\u00a0kilometres northeast of Fort Frances. The 0.2-hectare sized fire is being held.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e7fbe6e857cf7ee9ac272e958d62c23de\"><strong>Nipigon 22\u00a0(NIP022)<\/strong> is located near the eastern shore of Lake Nipigon near Littlelake River, approximately 17\u00a0kilometres northwest of Beardmore. The fire is not under control at 0.2\u00a0hectares.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the time of this update there are 74\u00a0active wildland fires in the Northwest Region. Of these fires, 19\u00a0are not under control, 2\u00a0fires are being held, 9\u00a0fires are under control and 44\u00a0fires are being observed. There were 3\u00a0fires called out over the past 24\u00a0hours.<\/p>\n<h4>Fires of note<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Kasabonika Cluster<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e656c50ab382327ef837f7cd01571cc14\">No overnight rainfall was recorded in Kasabonika Lake area<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e9237b8231f0223fe78558fe7d7e84db0\">Observed fire behaviour has been low in the area due to wet weather.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ec6e4909ed319af7f55d582e71b235fbd\">9\u00a0FireRanger crews, 8\u00a0fire management personnel, 4\u00a0helicopters and 1\u00a0fixed wing aircraft have been assigned to the Kasabonika Lake First Nation Cluster of Fires.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e2b73fec957ac8917bf07d667d541adf8\"><strong>Nipigon 16\u00a0(NIP016) <\/strong>is 1,474.2\u00a0hectares in size. The fire\u2019s status remains not under control.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e04c91245512e22c2ae84d211a2aaf096\"><strong>Nipigon 12\u00a0(NIP012) <\/strong>is located approximately 20\u00a0kilometres west of Kasabonika Lake First Nation and currently measuring 2,119\u00a0hectares.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e11e197421144c56f1464a89619b8fb0e\">There are 3\u00a0additional active fires in the area surrounding Kasabonika Lake First Nation.\n<ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e8ccfdc4719b0df3d4930817e4097ef9c\"><strong>Nipigon 13\u00a0(NIP013) <\/strong>is not under control and has been remapped to 298.0\u00a0hectares<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e47c70fa2f8058b2a4cb48069ea6b3495\"><strong>Nipigon 14\u00a0(NIP014) <\/strong>is not under control at 2\u00a0hectares<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e90425b6769f893f0372bf022077a06b9\"><strong>Nipigon 15\u00a0(NIP015) <\/strong>is not under control at 0.1\u00a0hectares.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NOTAM in place &#8211; Kasabonika Cluster<\/strong><br \/>\nThere is currently a NOTAM in the area of wildland fire Nipigon 16\u00a0near Kasabonika Lake First Nation. This is over and above the standard airspace restrictions imposed by Section 601.15\u00a0of the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) which state that the airspace around all active forest fires is restricted to forest fire suppression aircraft only, specifically airspace within 5\u00a0nautical miles, up to an altitude of 3000\u00a0feet above ground level.<br \/>\nPilots are reminded that NOTAMs concerning forest fires can be found on NavCanada\u2019s Collaborative Flight Planning Services under the \u2018Weather and NOTAM\u2019 tab, when flight planning.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Fort Frances 14<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e40a105e758c7dde9934d8db036da0f5f\">Drying conditions led to higher fire behaviour today on Fort Frances 14.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e6436a5483b3e3ddf0fa02809da810c10\">The fire received aerial suppression today from AT-802\u00a0aircraft and CL-415\u00a0waterbombers to help reduce fire behaviour for FireRanger crews on the ground.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e41bb5bca73390e6f841e1431185bc6d3\">The fire is presently 1,510\u00a0hectares in size and is not under control.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"efc170dac0611e61024a59fa99f5ee629\"><strong>Fort Frances 14\u00a0(FOR014)<\/strong> is located approximately 35\u00a0kilometres southwest of Upsala near Byers Lake.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Sioux Lookout 21\u00a0\u2013 Wunnumin Lake First Nation<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e72a216f645768ab168e236555e840082\"><strong>Sioux Lookout 21\u00a0(SLK021) <\/strong>remains 357\u00a0hectares in size and is not under control.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e3538f0787cf3f01d4e3e522ace7d2092\">Nearby weather stations recorded 3-8mm of rainfall in the past 24\u00a0hours.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ecd59f0a90b3677af726fb10d5cefe17a\">Crews have established hoseline along the majority of the fire\u2019s northern perimeter.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ea9b09053107481cf082aa44f8ed72cbe\">The fire is approximately 9\u00a0kilometres south of the Wunnumin Lake First Nation Airport.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e4317dc8ff71b53e29ce07e1051909dab\">6\u00a0FireRanger crews and 3\u00a0helicopters are assigned to SLK 021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NOTAM in effect &#8211; Sioux Lookout 21<\/strong><br \/>\nThere is currently a NOTAM in the area of wildland fire Sioux Lookout 21\u00a0fire near Wunnumin Lake First Nation. This is over and above the standard airspace restrictions imposed by Section 601.15\u00a0of the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) which state that the airspace around all active forest fires is restricted to forest fire suppression aircraft only, specifically airspace within 5\u00a0nautical miles, up to an altitude of 3000\u00a0feet above ground level.<br \/>\nPilots are reminded that NOTAMs concerning forest fires can be found on NavCanada\u2019s Collaborative Flight Planning Services under the \u2018Weather and NOTAM\u2019 tab, when flight planning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northeast Region Updated: July\u00a03,\u00a02026 at 6:20\u00a0p.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 &#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-84365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forest-fire-updates"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-11 08:09:40","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\/84365","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=84365"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84367,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84365\/revisions\/84367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}