5 new northwest forest fires reported Sunday – CBC

4 of the new fires were burning in Nipigon district; 20 fires burning in region as of Sunday

Jul 13, 2020

Five new forest fires were confirmed in the northwest on Sunday afternoon, Ontario’s Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services (AFFES) said.

The five new fires are:

• Sioux Lookout 19 — 0.7 hectares, located in Pipestone River Provincial Park, approximately 90 kilometres north of Pickle Lake
• Nipigon 26 — 25 hectares, located approximately 15 kilometres northwest of the remote community of Kasabonika.
• Nipigon 25 — 0.7 hectares, located east of Black Sturgeon Lake, approximately 47 kilometres northwest of Nipigon
• Nipigon 24 — 0.1 hectares, located near Sim Lake, approximately 57 kilometres south of Eabametoong First Nation
• Nipigon 23 — 0.3 hectares, located near Gordon Reid Lake, approximately 60 kilometres south of Eabametoong First Nation

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/new-forest-fires-1.5647264