There are now 257 personnel from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry on assignment in British Columbia (130) and the Northwest Territories (127) to assist in ongoing forest fire management efforts. Ontario has also provided equipment including 400 power pumps, 2,000 lengths of [Read more]
July 15, 2011 – 5pm NEW FIRES Three new fires have been reported for Friday July 15. Sudbury 34 was a 0.5 hectare, human caused fire on an island in Georgian Bay, aproximately 20 kilometres east of Killarney. Sudbury 34 required Air Attack, and is being held by a FireRanger crew with no [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Sunday, July 3, 2011 Ministry of Natural Resources Forest Fire Rangers and Township of Manitouwadge Volunteer Firefighters attended a burning slash-pile on the road known locally as the ‘Jack Watson Logging Channel’. The fire was close enough to the [Read more]
