Forest Fire Website

Greetings Kukagami Neighbours!

 

Summer seems to arrived a month early this year.  We've enjoyed lots of wonderful sunny and hot weather.

 

However, this also means the forest fire danger is very high.    And there have been a few forest fires in our area over the past week.  MNR has done a marvellous job of spotting the fires, and getting them out.  Meanwhile, we've been smelling smoke in the air, and are concerned. 

 

The magnificent thunder storm we had late last week started a number of fires, despite the two inches of rain that came with the storm.  The ground is still quite dry, especially in the forest.

 

When the lighting hits, it may start a fire in the duff.  This  can smoulder for many days before it flames up.  We may still see a few more fires as a result of the lightning last week.  If you see smoke, or fire in the forest, call 310-FIRE to report it to MNR.

 

You can get lots of information about forest fires at the MNR website Fire Info.  From that page, you can connect to a map of the current fires in Ontario.  Zoom in to our area, then click on the balloon to get information about the specific fire.

 

Be safe...be alert!  And don't light any fires outside until we get a long stretch of rainy weather.