As northern Ontario gets ready to welcome autumn this weekend, it’s still feeling a lot like summer as provincial forest fire crews continue to battle blazes. “With no forecasted precipitation until the weekend, this does mean that we can expect to see a continuation of that high forest fire hazard reading that we’ve been seeing across much of the region,” said Amy Peltonen, fire information officer with the Ministry of Natural Resources. The province said as of Thursday afternoon, there are 21 active wildland fires in the northeast region. …According to the province’s forest fire info map, most of northeastern Ontario is under a high forest fire rating. Ontario’s woodland fire season comes to an official end on Oct. 31. Until then most of the northeast region remains under a high forest fire rating with some areas considered extreme.