More progress on a major forest fire in the Gogama area.
Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources says "Timmins 9" - first reported May 31st - has been upgraded from "being held" to "under control" at 3151 hectares in size, located about 10 kilometres from Gogama, 7 km west of Mattagami First Nation, and 1.5 km west of Highway 144.
A total of 13 forest firefighting crews - including 7 Ontario FireRanger crews and 6 "type-2 sustained attack" crews - continue to work on fire suppression operations.
The fire hazard is mostly low to moderate across the Northeast, with a few pockets of high hazard.