6 New Forest Fires in Northern Ontario

**MNRF Forest Fire Update**

Late afternoon on August 14, there are 45 active forest fires across the Northeast. Of these, 9 are not yet under control, 36 are either being held, under control or being observed.
There were six new fires confirmed today, at the time of this update.
- Parry Sound 43, covers 1.5 hectares and is located approximately 5 km southeast of Point au Baril.
- North Bay 122 measures 0.8 of a hectare and is located less than 1 km south of Kidney Lake, on the east side of Hwy 64, near Temagami River Provincial Park.
- Chapleau 19 is located on the south end of the Mississagi River Provincial Park border. It is being held at 0.1 of a hectare.
- Sudbury 109 covers 1.5 hectares and is located approximately 20 km northwest of Lake Wanapitei.
- Sudbury 110 measures 0.2 of a hectare and is located approximately 25 km northwest of Lake Wanapitei.
- Sudbury 111 measures 0.2 of a hectare and is located approximately 7 km southeast of Burwash.

Incident Management Teams (IMTs) are in place in the region. They are managing priority fires in the following areas:
- Parry Sound 33
- Lady Evelyn Cluster

No growth on the fire yesterday; it remains at 11,362 hectares.
Local residents will continue to see smoke drift from this fire over the next 2 or 3 days as weather conditions remain hot and dry.
Ground crews continue to extinguish hot spots within the fire perimeter and will continue moving to priority areas to search for additional hot spots
For inquiries about French River Provincial Park restrictions: 705-857-1630 ext. 224.
Parry Sound and Sudbury districts information, including calls related travel restrictions or to the recommendation of these evacuations and alerts.

North Bay Fire 72
- Has not grown in size
- 27, 285 hectares
- Being held
Crews continue to remove equipment from areas of the fire that are less active.
Smokes on the interior of the fire continue to be found and extinguished.
Helicopter bucketing is also supporting ground crews.