New Wildfire in Chapleau District

The Chapleau area's seen another forest fire.

Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources says "Chapleau 11" was confirmed Wednesday - about 3 kilometres north of Woman River Provincial Park - not yet under control, the blaze had grown to two-tenths of a hectare in size by the evening.

It was one of five wildfires burning in the northeast as of Wednesday evening, along with "Wawa 4" - which is under control at 1.8 hectares in size, about 1 kilometre west of White River and 500 metres south of Highway 17 - though "Wawa 6" - reported Tuesday, about 600 meters south of South Hammer Lake - has now been declared "out".

The fire hazard's low to moderate across the northern part of the northeast, or moderate to high for the central and southern part.