Four new wildfires reported Friday in northeastern Ontario
Aviation Forest Fire and Emergency Services said there are currently 33 active fires in the Northeast Region. Of those, one is not under control, four are under control and 28 fires are being observed.Below is the full Friday news release from the Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services.· Four new fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region by the late afternoon of August 11:
At the time of this update there are 33 active fires in the Northeast Region. Of those fires, 1 is not under control, 4 fires are under control, and 28 fires are being observed. Initial attack crews have called 3 fires out in the past 24 hours. The wildland fire hazard is mostly low across the Northeast Region. There are a few areas of moderate hazard extending north from Manitoulin Island toward Chapleau and Timmins, along the Highway 17 corridor through the Wawa sector, and north from Hearst to the Albany River. There is another small pocket of moderate hazard surrounding Bancroft, and one small pocket of high hazard south of the Highway 129 and Highway 667 junction.
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