Forest Fire Season Nears an End

The forest fire season in northwestern Ontario is drawing to a close.

With no major threat of a serious forest fire, the Ministry of Natural Resources has started to wind down operations in Northwestern Ontario.

Information Officer Debbie MacLean says fire fighting resources have been reduced to winter levels.

"Season staff have finished their contracts," says MacLean, " and waterbombers and helicopters are no longer in use for the fire program. So it's mainly a scaling down of operations."

The official end to the forest fire season is October 31st.