Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry's firefighting service reports 44 active fires
The number of active wildfires in northeastern Ontario has grown significantly in the past two days, according to numbers provided by Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services for the Northeast Fire Region.
Of those, eight were not under control, two were being held, 11 were under control and 23 were being observed.There were four new wildland fires confirmed in the region after the evening report on Wednesday: The AFFES said a fire of note remained Kirkland Lake 5 , located approximately 5 km north of Stull Lake, 5 km southeast of McKee Lake, and approximately 80 km west of Latchford. AFFES said the fire is 889 hectares in size and is not under control at the time of this update.
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