A major forest fire in the Gogama area seems to be holding in size.
Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources says "Timmins 9" is still not under control, but remains about 3154 hectares in size, with bucketing helicopters working to support ground crews and heavy equipment, who continue to make good progress with fire suppression - the ministry says , with 15 Ontario FireRanger crews, a 20-person Incident Management Team, 7 pieces of heavy equipment, and 5 helicopters have been assigned to the wildland fire, which is still located about ten kilometres from Gogama, 7 km west of Mattagami First Nation, and 1.5 km west of Highway 144.
In addition to causing the evacuation of Mattagami First Nation, the blaze has prompted travel restrictions in the Gogama area.
The fire hazard is low to high across the Northeast, with some pockets of extreme hazard, including around that fire.