Tuesday, June 14, 2011

New Fires Reported

Six new forest fires were reported in northwestern Ontario Sunday - two in the Rainy River district.

One is still burning at Nym Lake, across from a Quetico Provincial Park access point.

It's about 0.3 hectares in size

The other fire was located near Obikoba Lake, about 20 kilometres north of Fort Frances.

The fire reached about 0.1 hectares before being extinguished by MNR crews.