So far today, there have been five new fires confirmed in the Northeast Region:
- Algonquin Park 9 is not under control at 0.1 of a hectare
- Cochrane 9 is being observed at 3.0 hectares
- Cochrane 10 is being observed at 1.0 hectare
- North Bay 18 is being held at 0.1 of a hectare
- Sudbury 39 is not under control at 0.2 of a hectare
There are a total of 22 active fires in the region:
- Algonquin Park 3 is under control at 1.0 hectare
- Algonquin Park 5 is under control at 0.4 of a hectare
- Algonquin Park 6 is under control at 0.2 of a hectare
- Algonquin Park 7 is under control at 0.4 of a hectare
- Algonquin Park 8 is under control at 0.2 of a hectare
- Bancroft 4 is under control at 5 hectares
- Chapleau 7 is being held at 10 hectares
- Hearst 4 is under control at 475 hectares
- Hearst 5 is under control at 2574 hectares
- Sault Ste. Marie 21 is being held at 1.2 hectares
- Sudbury 30 is under control at 0.3 of a hectare
- Sudbury 33 is under control at 10 hectares
- Sudbury 34 is being held at 13 hectares
- Sudbury 38 is being held at 0.1 of a hectare
- Wawa 7 is under control at 294 hectares
- Midhurst 1 is under control at 20 hectares
Fire of note:
- Sudbury 35 is situated north of Hagar, measures 85 hectares and is not under control. FireRangers are working collaboratively with the Markstay-Warren Fire Department to suppress the fire, values protection is underway.
- There is no current imminent threat to any structures at this time, and there have been no structures lost. We ask that the public use caution if travelling in the area because fire crews and vehicles are on the scene and require room to manoeuvre.
The current forest fire hazard is moderate to extreme in most of the Northeast Region.
