One new forest has sparked up in the North East. Timmins 18 is under control at 0.1 of a hectare. It is located south of Lower Footprint Lake. At the time of this update, there are two other active wildland fires in the region.
Timmins 15 is under control at 0.6 of a hectare. It is located southwest of Pebonishewi Lake. Cochrane 10 measures 74 hectares and is being observed, approximately 100 kilometres southeast of Moose Factory.
For updates on highway closures, check Ontario511 or @OPPCommunicationsNER on Twitter, and Ontario Provincial Police-Northeast Region on Facebook. For information about the current forest fire situation: 1-888-220-7242
For updates on the fire situation, visit ontario.ca/forestfire or follow us on Twitter @ONforestfires.
To report a forest fire located north of the French and Mattawa rivers, please dial 310-FIRE. To report a forest fire south of these rivers, dial 911.
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