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Teams fighting forest fires in northern Ontario receive help from other provinces, the United States and Mexico to try to contain a series of flames after days of heat and humidity. a release that Saturday night, 64 wildfires were burning in the northern and northeastern parts of the province, of which 29 were uncontrollable. The ministry said 35 fires are being detained or observed.
Assistance from outside the province, in the form of crews and equipment, comes from British Columbia. Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, PEI and Newfoundland. Minnesota and Wisconsin also provided staff. It is expected that more help will arrive on Monday
The ministry said 104 people from Mexico arrived in Sudbury on Saturday, a number that includes five 20 firefighter teams, two firefighting representatives, and three firefighters. organizations and two team leaders.
The order for all residents having access to boats in the western and northern regions of the French River Provincial Park was set up on Saturday, (Dave Seglins / CBC)
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Evacuation orders were issued for the areas of Key Harbor and Killarney, as well as for the west and north sectors of French River Provincial Park, east of Highway 69 – part of from the Trans-Canada Highway – and south of the Key River.
The fire nicknamed Parry Sound 33, affecting 5,000 acres, is still clbadified as uncontrollable – covering the area with thick smoke.
Kimberly Mallett tweeted this picture of the forest fire near Key River ] (Kimberly Mallett / Twitter)
According to the ministry, one of the largest fires, known as North Bay 72, now has 21,516 hectares. It is located near McGiffin Lake in Lady Evelyn Smoothwater Provincial Park. The fire is considered part of what the department calls the Lady Evelyn fire brigade north of Temagami.
"Heavy helicopters continued to water this fire, in coordination with ground crews". 19659014] Water bombers are preparing to fall on a fire lit near Lake Temagami (Tom Saville / Temagami First Nation)
High temperatures, low humidity and gusts of wind mean that the fire is active Saturday. in the inner green islands.
Smoke blankets in parts of Manitoba
Smoke plumes that fill the air in parts of northern Ontario, while fires continue to burn, are of concern to the department. Wind in the northwestern part of the province washed away smoke from the Kenora area, further west in Manitoba.
"Smoke conditions are expected to continue when fires are active, until weather conditions change," said the department
"We had a lot of of smoke, "said Renee Germain, Warren, Ont. located between Sudbury and North Bay. Although she is not in the evacuation zone, she offers her property as a refuge for horses and cattle.
Johanne Rioux tweeted this picture Saturday, saying, "Smoke is coming in Ranger Bay in the region of Alban, Ont. Key River. (Johanne Rioux / Twitter)
The people of the French River and Britt in the Parry Sound District are looking to move their animals because of the smoke, she said. She reached out to some people
"You never know, you can not have smoke right now, but in an hour from now, you could be smoked," she said.
"We hope we can help other farms, or other homes, save some animals," she said. "If we can help other people affected, I really hope people here will follow."
Germain said the warnings about the fires are troubling, and she worries that animals will be left behind.
"Everything is very, very dry, we have not had much rain," she said. "We have new fires that start every day."
