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brian Moderator
Post Number: 1890 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 - 2:14 pm: |
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All the parks are closed and an area near Finlayson Road in the town is under evacuation order. Today, I understand that MNR has diverted attack resources from the wilderness areas to populated areas. Helicopters are flying around Lady Evelyn park looking for people and telling them to evacuate. Fire ban remains in place from Sault Ste. Marie to the Ottawa River. |
brian Moderator
Post Number: 1892 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2018 - 8:33 am: |
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Good story with photos: https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/firefighting-a nd-support-crews-from-seven-provinces-arrive-in-on tario-today-982529
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brian Moderator
Post Number: 1893 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2018 - 8:34 am: |
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Lake Temagami is under a voluntary evacuation. |
brian Moderator
Post Number: 1894 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2018 - 12:57 pm: |
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Keewaydin Camp evacuated early this morning to Nipissing College dorms in North Bay. This is about half the camp of younger campers that trip in Temagami. The other half are the long trips up north and not affected by the Temagami fires. http://www.nugget.ca/2018/07/12/temagami-evacuatio n-brings-kids-to-north-bay
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brian Moderator
Post Number: 1895 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2018 - 9:58 am: |
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Here is today: 3 large fires heading NE http://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/interactive-map?zoom= 8¢er=1128637.69440835%2C-101495.71810367214&mo nth=7&day=14&year=2018#wb-cont
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peterme Member
Post Number: 81 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Friday, July 27, 2018 - 11:32 am: |
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Can anyone give us an update on the fire situation ? Provincal parks still closed ? Any word on when fire ban will be lifted ? I see the area has received lots of rain ! But was there lightning associated with those rain storms ? Any info would help ... thx |
eddy_turn Member
Post Number: 140 Registered: 03-2011
| Posted on Friday, July 27, 2018 - 3:24 pm: |
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Some parks are being opened soon, according to FOT https://www.facebook.com/friendsoftemagami/ We were told that Chiniguchi is in good shape so far. |
michael Member Post Number: 7 Registered: 08-2005
| Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2018 - 6:34 am: |
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Here's the provincial update on the Lady Evelyn Fire Cluster as of last night: "The North Bay 72 fire remains at 27,579 hectares and is not yet under control. The fire was scanned from the air early in the morning. Infrared scanning identifies areas that are holding heat so FireRangers can walk the fire and extinguish the hot spots. The Incident Management Team assigned to this cluster continues to observe North Bay fires 18, 19, 46, 59 and 61. These fires will also be scanned using infrared technology in the coming days." You can follow the site for daily updates at: https://www.ontario.ca/page/forest-fires Also this interactive map from NRC is regularly updated (Click on the "Overlays" drop down list for views of fire perimeter, hotspots, etc): http://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/interactive-map?zoom= 2¢er=1036488.9418182228%2C1524643.3765554707&m onth=7&day=28&year=2018#wb-cont |