Some progress on a major forest fire in the Gogama area.
Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources says "more effective remapping" now puts "Timmins 9" at 3151 hectares in size - slightly smaller than previously believed - with "minimal fire behaviour" exhibited on Wednesday, so crews continued "to make good progress with fire suppression operations" - 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 located about 10 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 mostly low across the Northeast, becoming moderate further north and east, though there are some pockets of moderate and high hazard.