New Fire in Wawa District

The Wawa area's seen another forest fire.

Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources says "Wawa 6" was reported Tuesday, located about 600 meters south of South Hammer Lake - not yet under control, the blaze had grown to three-tenths of a hectare in size by Tuesday evening.

It was one of five wildfires burning in the northeast as of Tuesday evening, along with "Wawa 4" - which was reported two weeks ago, about 1 kilometre west of White River and about 500 metres south of Highway 17 - which is "under control" at 1.8 hectares in size.

The fire hazard's mostly low across the northern part of the northeast, but ranges from low to high for the southern part, with a small patch of extreme hazard near La Motte Provincial Park, south of Timmins.