(Ministry of Natural Resources photo)Forest fires in northwestern Ontario have communities scrambling to find accommodation for thousands of people who may have to be evacuated.
Eighteen First Nation communities in the remote north and one municipality have declared states of emergency.
25-hundred residents from ten communities that have been either partially or fully evacuated are now being housed in communities such as Sioux Lookout, Dryden, Greenstone and Thunder Bay.
Emergency officials expect more communities to face evacuations in the coming days.
Nineteen new fires were reported yesterday bringing to 105 the number of active fires in the northwest.
