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Ontario is now receiving assistance from Minnesota is dealing with a rash of forest fires in northwestern Ontario.
Twenty firefighters from the State are being deployed near the remote communities of Deer Lake and Keewaywin to aid in suppression efforts of several fires there.
The lack of fire activity in the Rainy River district is also allowing the MNR to relocate some personnel from this district to the remote north.
Five new fires were reported yesterday, bringing to 70 the number of those active.
