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Sudbury 17 fire no longer burning out of control

Active wildland fires in the Northeast have dropped to 16
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The Cochrane 11 fire as it looked a week or so ago.Image: Calvin Hurley, MNRF

After nearly a month of battle, the fire crews fighting the Sudbury 17 fire north of Massey seem to have managed to turn the tide. For the first time since June 4, the fire is no longer burning out of control and is now classed as being held.

Multiple crews are still committed to fighting the fire, which is burning 5,857 hectares of bush approximately three kilometres west of Madawanson lake.

Meanwhile, the other large fire near Greater Sudbury, the Sudbury 10 fire, which is burning in the vicinity of Sudbury 17, is also classed as being held at 1,370 hectares.

The implementation orders in the area of those fires remains in place: 

  1. All travel and use of Highway 810 (also known as the Massey Tote Road) south of Ritchie Falls at UTM Zone 17 East 403972 North 5174771, and north of Madawanson Lake Rd at UTM Zone 17 East 409250 North 5158217 is prohibited unless authorized by a Travel Permit issued by the Sudbury District Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
  2. All persons are prohibited from entering the area indicated on the attached map unless authorized by a travel permit issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.

The number of wildland fires in the Northeast continues to drop. At one point some 30 fires were burning across the region. That number fell to 16 as of Wednesday evening, a drop of five fires from the day before.

That said, Ontario remains under a restricted fire zone, and the City of Elliot Lake is still not allowing open-air burning.

On June 22, The City of Elliot Lake issued an advisory telling people Canada Day fireworks celebration is postponed and will be rescheduled.

"Given the seriousness of the continued RFZ for the area, the City will postpone the fireworks on Canada Day and prohibit any personal fireworks during a fire ban," said the release. "This ban has been in place since June 1st and prohibits all outside burning including brush and grass burning, backyard fire pits, or cook stoves that use solid fuels (wood or charcoal). BBQs that use propane are permitted with extreme caution."

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