June 6, 2015 Time of Report: 16:00 Active Fires As of June 6, there is currently one active forest fire in the region. Wawa 5 is not under control at 0.1 hectares. Fire Hazard The region is experiencing a low to extreme hazard, with the greatest hazard being observed in the far north of the [Read more]
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]
**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]
Three new fires have been confirmed thus far today. Timmins 33, a 0.1 hectare fire is currently listed as Not Under Control. Sudbury 62, also a 0.1 hectare fire is listed as Not Under Control. Bancroft 14 is currently Under Control at 0.3 hectares in size. Suppression efforts lead to fires Bancroft [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]
Northeast Region – As of May 29, 7pm Recent rainfall and lighter winds has helped lower the fire hazard in the northeastregion. The weather will support fire suppression efforts again today as crews continue the large task of establishing a boundary line around Timmins 9 fire. The other big [Read more]
CLICK HERE for information on the Restricted Fire Zone that the Ministry of Natural Resources has in place at this time for the Northeast fire region, north of the French River including French River Provincial Park. In the Northeast fire region, there are currently 14 active fires with 3750.8 [Read more]
A Cochrane man has been fined $300 and was ordered to pay $ 7,756.57 for a fire that burned two hectares of forest, southeast of Cochrane. Scott Antila pleaded guilty under the Forest Fires Prevention Act to dropping hot ashes in a forested area. He was ordered to pay fire suppression costs [Read more]
Provincial Overview and Emergency Management Successful initial attack by fire crews and aircraft kept new fires small and no further problems are anticipated from new occurrences on August 6. More lightning caused fires are expected to be detected. Progress continues on fires near communities in [Read more]
Forest fire situation update East Fire Region September 10, 2010 Next update will be issued on Friday, September 17 There were no new fires of note between September 7 to 10. Currently there are four fires being observed in the Cochrane District, no problems are anticipated. The fire hazard remains [Read more]
Forest fire situation update East Fire Region August 30, 2010 Two new fires were reported on August 29. North Bay 94, north of Temagami, was 0.1 hectares in size but has since been declared out. Wawa 32, a lightning fire north of Missinaibi Lake, is not under control at 0.4 hectares. On Saturday, [Read more]
This is the most recent report received, as of Aug.29-04:25 from the East Fire Region; to read Saturday, Aug.28th‘s report from the West Fire Region CLICK HERE Forest Fire Situation Update East Fire Region August 27, 2010 No new fires were reported on August 26. Two hundred staff will be [Read more]
Forest Fire Situation Update West Fire Region Saturday August 28, 2010 The forest fire hazard is high across northwestern Ontario. There is one new fire today in the West Fire Region. Thunder Bay Fire 60 is a small 0.1ha lightning caused fire burning on an island at Amik Lake north on hwy 527. All [Read more]
West Fire Region Thursday, August 19, 2010 There were no new fires reported in the West Fire Region by the evening of August 19. There were two new forest fires reported in the West Fire Region by day’s end August 18. Both fires were classed as human caused, located in the Nipigon District. [Read more]
West Fire Region Tuesday, August 17, 2010 There were no new fires reported in the West Fire Region by the evening of August 17. Four fires remain active in the far north. They are being monitored. Some Ontario fire fighting resources in British Columbia have reached the end of their 14 day tour of [Read more]
