{"id":86057,"date":"2026-08-21T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=86057"},"modified":"2026-08-21T07:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:50:23","slug":"nw-forest-fire-region-update-august-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/21\/nw-forest-fire-region-update-august-20\/","title":{"rendered":"NW Forest Fire Region Update &#8211; August 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated: August 20,\u00a02026\u00a0at 5:45\u00a0p.m.\u202fCentral Daylight Time (<abbr>CDT<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n<p>There was 1\u00a0new wildland fire confirmed in the Northwest Region by the evening of August 20.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ee5103fb67817b464363fad139bd6a60d\"><strong>Thunder Bay 84 (THU084) <\/strong>is located near the northeast end of Loganberry Lake, approximately 1 kilometre northwest of Holly Lake. The 0.2-hectare fire is under control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the time of this update there are 69\u00a0active wildland fires in the Northwest Region. Of those fires, 7\u00a0are not under control, 3\u00a0are being held, 11\u00a0are under control and 48\u00a0are being observed.<\/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<h3 id=\"fires-note\">Fires of note<\/h3>\n<p><strong>The Rinker Lake Complex &#8211; Thunder Bay 36 (THU036), Dryden 34 (DRY034), Dryden 35 (DRY035)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e193074aa7614e14c2eef305358f3492a\">Wildland fire activity across the Complex remains low.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ea4e6f07a94ad87d1111bf45db029ff29\">Twenty-nine FireRangers crews \u2013 made up of personnel from Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Mexico.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e2e3b744d764922469b4402372e3702de\">Fourteen helicopters are dedicated to the Rinker Lake Complex.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ec931a0ee8b30f58e57a1410143a7db23\">FireRanger crews are now evenly divided between hotspot detection and suppression, and the demobilization of equipment that is no longer required.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ec31d73d3f4bc9b7ffd0401f0c01ffa76\"><strong>THU036<\/strong> is currently measuring 301,240\u00a0hectares and remains not under control.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ee828521e4c4939a92c48cf2221611483\"><strong>DRY034<\/strong> is currently measuring 45,800\u00a0hectares and remains not under control.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e25414e9a869e9d82cff59c54450d3609\"><strong>DRY035<\/strong> is currently measuring 30,201 hectares and remains not under control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Atikokan Cluster &#8211; Fort Frances 13 (FOR013), Fort Frances 14 (FOR014), Fort Frances 15 (FOR015)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"eaae8329fdd0ebc7b5b7f0e451cda7614\">Crews will continue to patrol the fire area today working inward from the perimeter, looking for heat and flare ups.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e3ea9a0cad69dd1c5e876b824a92339ae\">There are currently 121 personnel assigned to the complex including 83 firefighters from Ontario and Mexico, flight crews and engineers for 8 helicopters, overhead personnel, support staff and an Incident Management Team.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e5939ebbc54c8ba2522ebdc8611bb6aa0\"><strong>FOR013<\/strong> is currently measuring 25,476 \u00a0hectares and remains being observed.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e4d118446115c0ed5f56759d43a15af10\"><strong>FOR014<\/strong> is currently measuring 51,768\u00a0hectares and remains not under control.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e662867149b6e6406faca59db4bd4fa0f\"><strong>FOR015<\/strong> is currently measuring 42,273\u00a0hectares and remains not under control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated: August 20,\u00a02026\u00a0at 5:45\u00a0p.m.\u202fCentral Daylight Time (CDT). There was 1\u00a0new wildland fire confirmed in the Northwest Region by the evening of August 20. Thunder Bay 84 (THU084) is located near the northeast end of Loganberry Lake, approximately 1 kilometre northwest of Holly Lake. The 0.2-hectare fire is under control. 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