Forest Fire Reported in Wawa District, Already Out

A small forest fire's already out after being confirmed in the Wawa district Wednesday.

Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says "Wawa 28" was reported at a tenth of a hectare in size - located about 21.4 kilometres east of Highway 614 and 34.1 kilometres north of Highway 17 - but was called out Wednesday afternoon.

There were still 36 active wildfires in the Northeast - nine "under control", 27 "being observed" - while the Northwest added three new fires, leaving it with 53 active, nine "not under control".

The fire hazard's mostly moderate to high for the Northeast, and mainly low for the Northwest.