By mid-afternoon today, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry said there were no new fires discovered in the region.
This leaves 10 active fires:
- Cochrane 9 is being observed at 3 hectares
- Cochrane 10 is being observed at 1 hectare
- Cochrane 11 is being observed at 15 hectares
- Hearst 4 is under control at 475 hectares
- Hearst 5 is under control at 2,574 hectares
- Sault Ste. Marie 21 is under control at 1.2 hectares
- Sudbury 30 is under control at 0.3 hectares
- Timmins 8 is under control at 2.2 hectares
- Wawa 7 is under control at 294 hectares
Guelph 1, located in the Wainfleet bog, is being held at 6.4 hectares with two fire crews, an incident commander and a safety officer assigned to the fire.
Sudbury 35, which was been burning for some time north of Hagar, has now been declared out.
The forest fire hazard for today is low to high in the Northeast region. Greatest areas of concern are Sudbury and surrounding areas, as well as eastern Ontario and a portion of the Far North
