There were no new fires reported in the Northwest Region on August 7. The fire hazard is forecast to range from low to moderate in the region. Further information is available on safe outdoor fire management at www.ontario.ca/fireprevention. Check out the active fires map [Read more]
Northeast Region – August 4, 2013 New Fires August 4: No new fires were reported. August 5: One new fire was reported at the time of this report on August 5. Sudbury 28, a lightning fire, is not under control at 0.1 hectares. There are no issues anticipated. A number of the existing fires [Read more]
Northeast Region – July 12, 2013 New Fires One new fire was reported and confirmed on July 11. Sault Ste. Marie 7 was a human-caused fire that has been called out. It was 0.2 hectares in size. Active Fires There are now 12 active fires in the region. Most are located in the Cochrane [Read more]
Fire of Note Red Lake 31 is remains a priority fire in the Northwest Region. This lightning-caused fire is estimated to be 11416.0ha in size and is listed as Not Under Control at this time. The fire is located about 50km northwest of the Town of Red Lake. The community of Pikangikum is about [Read more]
Photos and information provided by Jeff Anderson Taylor Belisle-Cryder, Stacia Salesse, Ontario Fire Rangers Irene Marszowski, Smokey Bear (Ben McAlpine), Andre Proteau and Cam Gross and Retired Conservation Officer Mike Regis. RAINBOW FALLS PROVINCIAL PARK, ON – Saturday, July 6th the 6th [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Thursday, June 4 2013, just before noon, three employees of the Ministry of Naturals Resources (MNR) were refuelling containers at the service station on Manitou Road in Manitouwadge when a second vehicle collided with the rear of the MNR vehicle. Two people were transported [Read more]
New Fires One new fire was reported on June 14. Wawa 6, ignited by lightning, is under control at 0.4 hectares. Active Fires Three lightning fires are being observed in the northern portion of Cochrane district and Hearst 7 is under control at 1.1 hectares. Fire Hazard The fire hazard in the [Read more]
New Fires No new fires were confirmed on June 15. Nipigon Fire 33 was confirmed on June 14 and was located in a cutover approximately 60km east of Geraldton. This fire was 0.5ha and is now out. Red Lake Fire 9 was confirmed on June 14 and is located near the community of North Spirit [Read more]
Residents in the Sudbury area and in southern Ontario may notice the smell of smoke or haze throughout the day. Wind speed and direction is causing smoke from forest fires burning in Quebec to drift into parts of the province. For information on the fire situation in Quebec, visit [Read more]
June 01, 2013 – 16:30 There were no new fires reported in the Northwest Region by the evening of June 1st. Rain and overcast conditions kept most of the region in a low fire hazard. The far north is in a moderate fire hazard. There is one active fire in the region. Nipigon Fire Number [Read more]
Ontario Opens Innovative Flight Training Centre Ontario is opening an innovative flight training centre for water bomber pilots in Sault Ste. Marie. The 622-square-metre facility is the first of its kind in Ontario. It is equipped with one of the most advanced flight training devices available, [Read more]
May 17, 2013 – 16:30 There were 16 new forest fires reported in the Northwest Region between May 13 and May 17. All of these new fires were human-caused and were the result of grass or brush burning which then escaped into wildfires, or sparked by trees over power lines in windy conditions. [Read more]
Although the forest fire season starts and ends at the same time each year, from April 1 to October 31, the events and responses are always unique! Thus it was in the Northwest Region in 2012. The first confirmed fire was found on January 9 on a small island 25 kilometres north of Kenora. This [Read more]
**Please Note: This is the last report of its kind for 2012. This service will start again on OntarioNewsNorth.com in the spring of 2013. As the 2012 forest fire season officially ended this week on Wednesday October 31st, only one active fire remains in the Northeast Region. Hearst 32 is 100 [Read more]
HERON BAY, ON – Pukaskwa National Park of Canada continues to monitor 3 lightning fires and the Cascade Lake prescribed fire site. The Cascade Lake prescribed fire operation was completed on September 10th using a helicopter equipped with an aerial ignition device. The total area burned was [Read more]
