Positive news regarding a wildfire near Pic Mobert.
Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources is reporting that "Wawa 17" is now "being held" at 37.2 hectares in size, about 15 kilometres northeast of Pic Mobert and east of White Lake - it was initially reported over a week ago, with FireRanger crews working to get it under control.
There are more than 40 fires burning across Ontario's Northeast, including three others in the Wawa District: "Wawa 14", under control at 12.5 hectares in size, just east of Highway 17 and less than a kilometre southwest of O'Brien Lakes; "Wawa 15", not yet under control at 7 hectares in size, on the eastern shore of Lake Superior in Lake Superior Provincial Park, about a kilometre south of Laughing Brook Creek; and "Wawa 28", not yet under control at 0.1 hectares, about 17 kilometres northeast of Missanabie, west of Missinaibi Provincial Park.
While the fire hazard's mostly low or moderate across the North - with some pockets of high hazard - Restricted Fire Zones remain in place for most of the Northwest and a large swath of the Northeast, including from Marathon through White River, Dubreuilville, and Wawa, to the border of the Sudbury District, and east along Highway 11 to Timmins and points north - Chapleau is not included - the RFZ automatically imposes a fire ban, though multiple municipalities in the area have also put their own in place.