![]() #FireRangers in Cochrane are feeling the support from the community. Gabrielle Ayres, an MNRF fire information officer for the Cochrane District, told CTV News in a phone interview that people in the implementation area near Cochrane 5, 6 and 7 are not being forced to evacuate at this time. June 4/23 (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry) Travel, use and access restrictions in place for areas north of Lake Abitibi due to three forest fires. ![]() North of Lake Abitibi and east of Iroquois Falls near the Quebec border, Cochrane 7 still burns out of control and remains at 10,720 ha in size, the largest in the northeast region.Ĭochrane 7 started June 2 and on Tuesday, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry declared travel, use and access restrictions for the area. "One thing (Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services) is doing is we’re continuing to monitor the landscape for holdover lightning, because this is lightning that can strike the ground and cause an under, almost beneath the surface ignition, and so fire management staff are still on the lookout for these hold over lightening fires," Kyle Hayward of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry to CTV News in an interview. ![]() ![]() The restricted fire zone and fire ban remain in place for the region despite the forest fire danger rating in the northeast dropping to low. The number of fires is more than triple the total in 2022. There have been 278 wildfires since April 12 that have burned around 110,675 hectares (ha) and 227 of the fires have been extinguished. The number of fires not yet under control in the northwest has decreased to eight. Two of the three new fires in the last 24 hours began in the northeast, where there are 12 not yet under control. Last week, northeastern Ontario got some much-needed rain which temporarily lowered the danger rating, but the restricted fire zone remained in effect.Īs of Monday morning, there are 51 active wildfires in northern Ontario – 20 in the northeast and 31 in the northwest – down from 67 the previous week. With the sunshine and warmer temperatures over the weekend, the fire hazard in northeastern Ontario has returned to high as the number of active and out-of-control fires continues to decrease. ![]()
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