{"id":84896,"date":"2026-07-16T21:32:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T01:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=84896"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:40:07","slug":"northeast-forest-fire-update-july-16-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/northeast-forest-fire-update-july-16-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast Forest Fire Update &#8211; July 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated: July\u00a016, 2026\u00a0at 7:45\u00a0p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (<abbr>EDT<\/abbr>)<\/p>\n<p>One wildland fire was confirmed last night after the update was issued:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"edf3b356fa3130d182c44d9ed0a2058d9\"><strong>Cochrane 42 (COC042)<\/strong> is 1 hectare in size and is being held. This fire is located approximately 3 kilometres southeast of Fox River and 8 kilometres north of Bannerman Lake.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>20 new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region today.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"eef986bc80ebf2f161ae36ae23195f591\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wawa 21 (WAW021)<\/span> <\/b>measures 1.5 hectares and not under control. It is located approximately 13 kilometres south of Highway 11 on Mistake River. A helicopter performed bucketing operations on this fire yesterday. Two Twin Otters and a lead birddog aircraft were also on the scene.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"eef986bc80ebf2f161ae36ae23195f591\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Wawa 22 (WAW022)<\/strong><\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b>is a 0.7 hectare fire located 1 kilometre south of Taradale Lake. This fire is not under control. One belly tanker helicopter dropped water onto this fire to support the fire crew on the ground.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"eef986bc80ebf2f161ae36ae23195f591\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wawa 23 (WAW023)<\/span> <\/strong><b><\/b>is a 1.5 hectare fire\u00a0and is not under control. It is located approximately 2 kilometers southeast of Vein Lake. A belly tanker worked on this fire yesterday afternoon..<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"eef986bc80ebf2f161ae36ae23195f591\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wawa 24 (WAW024)<\/span> <\/strong>is a 0.1 hectare fire and is not under control. It is located near the Baldhead River in Lake Superior Provincial Park.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"eef986bc80ebf2f161ae36ae23195f591\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Chapleau 13 (CHA013)<\/strong><\/span> is 0.3 hectares and is not under control. It is located 3 kilometres southwest of Belford Creek. A helicopter performed water drops on this fire last evening using a helibucket.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"eef986bc80ebf2f161ae36ae23195f591\"><b>North Bay 27 (NOR027) <\/b>is a 10 hectare fire and is not under control. It is located 2 kilometres south of Hand Lake. Two Twin Otters and a lead birddog aircraft performed aerial fire suppression on this fire yesterday. One crew and heavy equipment are assigned.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"edf3cdb3a8d14f6510822c4aeacc9a092\"><b>North Bay 28 (NOR028) <\/b>is a 0.1 hectare fire and is not under control. It is located on the western shore of Eaglerock Lake. One fire crew is dedicated to this fire.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"edf3cdb3a8d14f6510822c4aeacc9a092\"><strong>North Bay 29 (NOR029) <\/strong>is a 0.8 hectare fire located 3 kilometres north of Lake Nipissing near Laronde Creek. This fire is not under control.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e6749642bb5f4b257e53b5c367ca9c6a9\"><strong>North Bay 30 (NOR030) <\/strong>is a 0.1 hectare fire and is not under control. It is located on the western shore of Plum Lake. One fire crew is responding.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e49a52b0ee817a786d9f752a3d71098b4\"><strong>North Bay 31 (NOR031) <\/strong>is a 0.7 hectare fire and is not under control. It is located north of Scarecrow Lake.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e6644bd23397192622f07de6a5f0dde8e\"><strong>North Bay 32 (NOR032) <\/strong><b><\/b>is a 0.1 hectare fire located 2 kilometres north of McFarlane Lake. This fire is not under control. A helicopter responded to this fire yesterday afternoon with helibucket.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e6644bd23397192622f07de6a5f0dde8e\"><strong>North Bay 33 (NOR033) <\/strong>is a 0.1 hectare fire located on the northeast shore of Azen Lake. This fire is not under control.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"edf3cdb3a8d14f6510822c4aeacc9a092\"><b>Sudbury 22 (SUD022)<\/b> is 0.5 hectares in size and is located 1 kilometre west of Maskinonge Lake. This fire is being held.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"edf3cdb3a8d14f6510822c4aeacc9a092\"><strong>Sudbury 23 (SUD023) <\/strong>is 0.1 hectare in size and is located on the east shore of Knight Lake. This fire is not under control. One FireRanger crew is dedicated to this incident.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e1c2c9b87e2686bdebaf5e2424aa9d572\"><strong>Sudbury 24 (SUD024) <\/strong><b><\/b>is 0.8 hectares in size and is located 1 kilometre east of Millerd Lake. This fire is not under control. One fire crew is assigned and were supported by 6 AT802\u2019s performing aerial fire suppression.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e8a673d7e114dc6c6cbf002843b4dc1b0\"><strong>Sudbury 25 (SUD025)<\/strong> is 0.4 hectares in size and is located 1 kilometre west of Wavy Lake. This fire is not under control.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ebb82d8c5699090d23a70f1923de749b0\"><strong>Sudbury 26 (SUD026)<\/strong> is 1.5 hectares in size and is located 1 kilometre south of Highway 17, west of Massey. This fire is not under control. Two FireRanger crews have been assisting the Saubles-Spanish Fire Department alongside heavy equipment.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ebb82d8c5699090d23a70f1923de749b0\"><b>Cochrane 42 (COC042)<\/b> is 1 hectare in size and is being held. This fire is located approximately 3 kilometres southeast of Fox River and 8 kilometres north of Bannerman Lake.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"edf3cdb3a8d14f6510822c4aeacc9a092\"><b>Cochrane 43 (COC043) <\/b>is 21 hectares and is being observed. It is located approximately 38 kilometres west of Fort Albany.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"eb15905447256d9002289ce3eacda079c\"><b>Cochrane 44 (COC044) <\/b>is 117 hectares and is being observed. It is located south of the confluence of the Chard River and the Tchakashapug River.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e90e924c9064d8120a3cdaaace7400a5b\"><strong>Timmins 23 (TIM023) <\/strong>is a 0.5 hectare fire that is not under control. It is located approximately 1 kilometer east of Kapiskong Lake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are currently 61 active wildland fires in the Northeast Region. Of these fires: 18 are not under control, 6 are being held, 7 are under control and 30 are being observed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated: July\u00a016, 2026\u00a0at 7:45\u00a0p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) One wildland fire was confirmed last night after the update was issued: Cochrane 42 (COC042) is 1 hectare in size and is being held. This fire is located approximately 3 kilometres southeast of Fox River and 8 kilometres north of Bannerman Lake. 20 new wildland fires were &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3407],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ner"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-24 10:12:56","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\/84896","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=84896"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84906,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84896\/revisions\/84906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}