On July 8, 2018 members of the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police assisted the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry by advising residents living between Finlayson Point Provincial Park Road and Jessie Lake to evacuate their homes due to a dangerously close active forest fire near Temagami, Ontario. The MNRF has implemented this mandatory evacuation and there are approximately 20 homes in this area. Members of the public have been asked to leave their residence immediately and travel northbound on Highway 11, away from the active fires. Residents living in the area between Jessie Lake and the Lake Temagami Access Road have been placed on “alert” … Those residents residing in the Town of Temagami are currently on a voluntary notice to evacuate and are also being asked to travel northbound on Highway 11 if they choose to leave at this time.