A couple forest fires were confirmed in the Wawa district over the last day - but one's already out.
Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says "Wawa 29" was reported Wednesday night - about 22.6 kilometres northeast of Marathon - but it was called out by Thursday morning, while "Wawa 30" was confirmed Thursday - located about 5.7 kilometres southwest of Pan Lake Fen Provincial Park and 15.2 kilometres west of Highway 614 - it was a tenth of a hectare in size, but was not yet under control, though a FireRanger crew's working on suppressing the fire.
It was the sole wildfire out of 34 active in the Northeast to be considered "not under control", while the Northwest - which saw three new fires - had 52 active, eight "not under control".
The fire hazard's mostly low to moderate with pockets of high hazard, including around Pukaskwa National Park, Biscotasi Lake Provincial Park, Cochrane, Kirkland Lake, and from Espanola to Greater Sudbury.