NEW FIRES There were four new confirmed fires by the evening of August 22 in the Northwest Region. They were in the districts of Dryden, Kenora, Red Lake and Sioux Lookout. They were all caused by lightning. Dryden District Fire Number 34 is a 0.6 hectare fire listed as not under control. Kenora [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]
Please Note the next update will be provided Tuesday July 3, 2012. There will be no Information Officer working Monday July 2, 2012. More scattered lightning through the Red Lake, Kenora, Fort Frances, Dryden and Thunder Bay Districts was recorded in the last 24hrs. Lightening is currently being [Read more]
June 29, 2011 New Fires There were two new lightning-caused fires reported in the Red Lake District on June 28, one of which is already out. There were three news fires reported in the Sioux Lookout District of the region by late evening of June 29. FireRangers are taking action on the new [Read more]
