East Fire Region July 20, 2010 One new fire was reported on July 20. Sudbury 127, in the Skead Road area, was 0.1 hectares in size and has been called out. Campfires are part of enjoying the outdoors, however, each year campfires cause many wildfires. To ensure your campfire doesn’t become a [Read more]
West Fire Region Sunday, July 18, 2010 There were no new fires in the region for the third second day in a row. The forest fire hazard is low to moderate across the northwestern Ontario. On July 3rd, Kip Miller, a Fire Operations Supervisor from the Thunder Bay Fire Management Headquarters, had [Read more]
East Fire Region July 17, 2010 Five new fires were confirmed on July 16. Hearst 34 was 0.1 hectares and has been called out. North Bay 64, east of Monetville, is under control at 1.5 hectares. Sudbury 124, near Skead Road, was 0.1 hectares in size and has been called out. Sudbury 125, near Spanish [Read more]
West Fire Region One new fire was reported in the West Fire Region yesterday, Nipigon Fire 53 is being monitored at 3.0ha northwest of Ogoki. This fire was caused by lightning. The fire hazard remains low to moderate for northwestern Ontario. High winds still pose a concern along the north shore of [Read more]
East Fire Region July 10, 2010 Two new fires were confirmed on July 9. Sudbury 110 was 0.2 hectares in size and has been called out. North Bay 55, at 0.1 hectares, has also been called out. So far today, July 10, there have been three new confirmed fires. Sudbury 111, on Pine Island near [Read more]
East Fire Region There were no new fires today in the East Fire Region today. There are four forest fires burning in the East Fire Region by the end of the evening of July 2. High winds and gusts coming across the province from the west are expected to dry out forest fuels further. The [Read more]
West Fire Region Wednesday, June 30, 2010 There will not be a media advisory for July 1st 2010. The next advisory will come Friday July 2 2010 June 30 produced another quiet day in the West Fire Region There are six fires active in the region. The fire hazard is moderate for most of the region. [Read more]
West Fire Region Tuesday, June 29, 2010 The fire hazard is low to moderate across the whole northwest portion of Ontario including the Far North which previously remained at a high hazard. Yesterday and today were good drying days for the forests, but looks like rain in the forecast. A single fire [Read more]
East Fire Region June 28, 2010 There have been no new fires reported for June 28. Hearst 31, reported on the evening of June 25, is 485 hectares in size and is not yet under control. It is approximately 40 kilometres northeast of Kapuskasing, north of Torrance Lake, directly along Tucker Creek. [Read more]
East Fire Region Received from MNR June 27, 2010 There has been one new fire confirmed for June 27. Parry Sound 14 was a 0.1 hectare fire that has already been called out. Two new fires were reported on June 26. Hearst 32, a 0.2 hectare fire near Missinaibi Provincial Park is now being held, [Read more]
West Fire Region There were new fires reported in the districts of Sioux Lookout and Nipigon in the West Fire Region by the evening of June 25. Two of those, burning in the northern portions of Sioux Lookout District are 10 hectares in size and being observe red. Kenora District is investigating [Read more]
West Fire Region There were no new fires reported in the West Fire Region by the evening of June 24. Nipigon District Fire Number 35, located about 55 kilometres west northwest of Nakina, is under control at 50.0 hectares in size. There are three Type 1 FireRanger crews and four Type 2 contract [Read more]
West Fire Region Wednesday, June 23, 2010 There was one new fire confirmed in the Thunder Bay District of the West Fire Region, and the Red Lake District was investigating the report of two possible new fires by the evening of June 23. Smokey conditions are being reported in the Red Lake District [Read more]
West Fire Region Monday, June 21 2010 – Summer There was one new fire reported in the West Fire Region by the evening of June 21. Nipigon District Fire 37, located in the Aroland area. It is 0.1 hectares in size. Good progress was reported on Nipigon Fire Number 35 on June 21 with minimal [Read more]
East Fire Region **UPDATE** The Emergency Area Order that was previously in place surrounding Wawa 18 has been lifted as of 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 15. There are no longer any restrictions in place. One new fire was confirmed on June 14. Cochrane 27 was reported near Fort Severn at 0.3 hectares [Read more]
