By late afternoon Tuesday, there were twenty-nine active forest fires across the Northeast according to the MNRF.
Sixteen of these fires are not yet under control, while thirteen are either being held, under control or being observed.
Recent periods of prolonged lightning over the Canada Day long weekend sparked several new fires in the Sudbury and North Bay regions. There were eleven new starts today:
- Five new lightning-caused fires were discovered in the North Bay sector. They are not yet under control at this time.
- North Bay 17 is located approximately 5 km east of Hwy 64, south of Temagami River Provincial Park.
- North Bay 18 covers 1.5 hectares. It is located within Lady Evelyn Smoothwater Provincial Park, approximately 1.5 km east of Duff Lake.
- North Bay 19 located north of Nasmith creek, it covers 1 hectare, outside the Lady Evelyn Smoothwater Provincial Park boundary.
- North Bay 20 is located approximately 2 km north of Obabika Lake. It covers 0.3 of a hectare.
- North Bay 21 is located approximately 6 km northeast of Temagami Island. It measures 2 hectares in size.
- Three new fires were confirmed in the Sudbury sector. They are not yet under control at this time.
- Sudbury 39 covers 0.8 of a hectare and is located north of French River Provincial Park,
- Sudbury 40 measures 2.3 hectares. It is located east of Dougherty Lake, northeast of Capreol.
- Sudbury 41 measures 1 hectare and is located between White Rock Lake and Button Lake, also northeast of Capreol.
The forest fire hazard ranges from moderate to high in areas south of Wawa and the Hwy 11 corridor.
