Progress has been made on a major forest fire in the region.
Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is showing "Wawa 3" - also known as the "Depew Fire", east of White River - is now "being held" at 6678.1 hectares in size - it hasn't grown in a week - though an implementation order issued over a week ago remains in place, restricting travel around the blaze, which was initially reported May 27th.
The Ministry recently removed the sprinkler system set up near White River, as the threat lessened.
Further east, however, the "Chapleau 3" fire east of Chapleau continues to grow, surpassing 3900 hectares and still considered "not under control".
There are three other fires in the Chapleau district: a three-tenths of a hectare blaze south of Highway 101 and west of 129; a four-hectare fire northeast of town; and a 1229 hectare fire north of Highway 101, west of town.
Given the shift in weather, the fire hazard is mostly low to medium for the region, though there are areas of high hazard along the north shore of Lake Huron and north of Timmins.