Dozens of forest fires continue to burn across Northern Ontario.
That includes the "Chapleau 3" fire - two kilometres south of October Lake and 2.5 kilometres west of Vichaw Lake - which is still listed as "not under control", though it has not grown above 3916 hectares in two weeks days - travel and access restrictions remain in place near the fire - as well as "Chapleau 6" - located 2.5 kilometres west of Morin Lake and one kilometre east of Bolkow Lake - which is also not under control, but has stayed about the same size for about as long, though its mapped size did increase by ten hectares, to 1239, in recent days.
Smoke from fires has prompted Environment Canada to issue special air quality statements for many parts of the North, including the Chapleau area.
Other fires of note include the 300 hectare "Cochrane 11" - just west of Fort Albany, causing the evacuation of the remote First Nation community - the 18,400 hectare "Cochrane 7" northeast of Lake Abitibi, a nearly 5900 hectare fire in the Sudbury district and another 1370 hectares in size.
The fire hazard is high to extreme for much of the north, faling to moderate to low in the White River area and further north and west - the Restricted Fire Zone suspending fire permits and banning open air burning remains in place for the entire fire region of Ontario.