Eight new fires were confirmed in the northeast region by the afternoon of Aug. 9 with more fire reports being investigated.
Seven of these fires are located in the Sudbury district and one is located in the North Bay district.
Yesterday there were twelve fires confirmed in the northeast region. A majority of these fires were in the Sudbury and North Bay Districts.
Algonquin Park and the Bancroft district had one new forest fire each.
The forest fire hazard is moderate to high in the eastern sectors of the region and extreme along the north shore of Lake Huron.
Out of Province
The out of province deployment of Ontario fire management personnel has ended. At this time there are no requests for more resources to assist the west.
Since May, Ontario has provided forest fire management assistance to Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba (Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center assignments), the Northwest Territories, Parks Canada, Saskatchewan and the Yukon.
A number of deployments through the season to date has resulted in a total of 957 personnel deployed (the total includes people who were on out of province assignment more than once).
The total number of people times the number of days they spent on deployments since May equals 15,646 person days.
Ontario continues to supply equipment including fire hose, sprinkler kits, pumps and chainsaws to Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba (Canadian Inter-agency Forest Fire Center) and Saskatchewan.
Fire of Note
Sudbury 38 is not under control at 438 hectares. The fire is 100 per cent contained. Progress is being made on the fire line by ground crews.
Travel by road and air is still being restricted due to this fire, in order to ensure public safety and to allow ground crews to continue to suppress this fire.
The Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services program is reminding people that they are responsible for safe outdoor fire management and must follow guidelines set out in the Forest Fires Prevention Act of Ontario including no day burning of brush or grass fires.
Campfires are to be tended at all times and put out before leaving.
For further tips on how to be FireSmart, visit ontario.ca/firesmart.
For more information about the current fire situation and the active fires map, ontario.ca/forestfire.
Report forest fires by calling 310-FIRE (3473).
