Forest Fire Activity Increases

The number of forest fires in northwestern Ontario is beginning to climb.

Four new fires were confirmed yesterday, none in the Rainy Rainy district. It brings to 30 the number of active fires in the northwest.

One of the largest is 100-kilometres northeast of Red Lake which has consumed about 14-hundred hectares of forest.

Forecast for the sunny weather and hot temperatures is expected to keep the fire hazard high to extreme.