Chapleau's keeping an eye on a forest fire east of town.
The Township of Chapleau says it was made aware shortly before noon of a fire about 7 kilometres east of the Chapleau Municipal Airport, on the east side of Borden Lake, adding it's in direct communication with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, which has deployed resources.
The MNRF's currently showing the fire as a tenth of a hectare in size but it is listed as "not under control".
UPDATE: Mayor Ryan Bignucolo's optimistic about the situation after an update from the Ministry.
The MNRF's online forest fire map currently shows "Chapleau 1" as "not under control" at 2.3 hectares in size.