Progress has been made on a major forest fire in the region.
Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says "Wawa 3" - also known as the "Depew Fire", located east of White River, south of Trent Lake and Round Lake, and five kilometres northwest of Duffy Lake - is now "under control" at 6678.1 hectares in size - it has been listed as "being held" for more than two weeks, and hadn't grown in size for about a week before that - travel and access restrictions in that area were lifted last week.
Further east, the "Chapleau 3" fire - located two kilometres south of October Lake and 2.5 kilometres west of Vichaw Lake - remains 3916.9 hectares in size - with travel and access restrictions in that area - while the "Chapleau 6" fire - located 2.5 kilometres west of Morin Lake and one kilometre east of Bolkow Lake - remains 1229 hectares in size - both fires are considered "not under control" despite not growing in size for more than two weeks.
While the fire hazard is mostly low to medium for the region - with pockets of high hazard - and local air quality warnings have been lifted, the Restricted Fire Zone remains in place for the entire fire region of Ontario, suspending burning permits and banning open air burning.