Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources reports that it discovered eight new fires on Saturday evening, seven of which are still burning.
Most of the new fires are north of Wabakimi Provincial Park.
Here are the details:
- Dryden 38 (DRY038) was located near Patricia Lake, west of existing fire Dryden 36. The fire was called out at 0.1 hectares.
- Nipigon 69 (NIP069) is locatedapproximately 12 kilometres Northwest of Atwood Lake, near Vick Lake. The 2142-hectare fire is not under control.
- Nipigon 70 (NIP070) is located in the northeast side of Wabakimi Provincial Park, near Loune Lake. The 1200-hectare fire is not under control.
- Nipigon 71 (NIP071) is located approximately 28 kilometres northeast of Machawaian Lake. The 6-hectare fire is not under control.
- Nipigon 72 (NIP072) is located approximately 5 kilometres north of Rose Island, Attawapiskat Lake. The 8-hectare fire is not under control.
- Nipigon 73 (NIP073) is located approximately 16 kilometres northeast of Attawapiskat Lake, north of Aldred Lake. The 2-hectare fire is not under control.
- Nipigon 74 (NIP074) is located approximately 17 kilometres west of Attawapiskat River, northeast of Kitchie Lake. The 15-hectare fire is not under control
- Nipigon 75 (NIP075) is located approximately 33 kilometres northwest of Marten Falls First Nation, east of Sebert Lake. The 40-hectare fire is not under control
At the time of this update there are 137 active wildland fires in the Northwest Region. Of those fires, 67 are not under control, 7 are being held, 4 are under control 59 are being observed.
Fires of note
Thunder Bay 36 (THU036)
- An Incident Management Team has now assumed command of Thunder Bay 36.
- The fire is currently measuring 318, 812.7 hectares and it not under control.
- There is no update to fire size or perimeter due to poor flying condition the last several days.
- Recent precipitation has helped to temporarily reduce fire activity however the hazard remains high across the fire area.
Fort Frances 14 (FOR014), Fort Frances 15 (FOR015) and Fort Frances 38 (FOR038)
- FOR014 was remapped to a more accurate size of 51,806 hectares. The fire is not under control.
- The northern perimeter of FOR014 is approximately 5 kilometres southwest of the Trans-Canada Highway. The southern perimeter is approximately 9 kilometres north of Highway 11.
- FOR015 is sized at 48,261.4 hectares and is not under control.
- The northern perimeter of FOR015 remains approximately 1.5 kilometres south of Highway 11.
- FOR038, north of Crystal Lake, is ‘being held’ at 44.2 hectares in size. The fire is not likely to grow beyond its present boundary.
- Recent rainfall, low wind speeds and high relative humidity have continued to temporarily reduce fire behaviour.
