North West Ontario firefighters sent to Quebec

Thunder Bay News Watch
June 24, 2020
Category: Forest Fires
Region: Canada, Canada East

DRYDEN, Ont. — The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has dispatched fire rangers from Northwestern Ontario to help Quebec deal with a serious forest fire situation. Three ranger crews from Thunder Bay, and two crews from Armstrong, were deployed this week to Ontario’s neighbouring province. The 20 firefighters are joined by some overhead staff. In addition, the MNRF has sent two CL-415 waterbombers to Quebec, with nine crewmembers. …The current forest fire danger across the northwest is high to extreme in the Fort Frances, Dryden, Sioux Lookout, Thunder Bay and north shore areas, and low to moderate in western sectors such as Kenora and Red Lake.

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