Forest Fire Situation Update – Northwest Region – August 6, 2017

MNRF Aircraft at the Dryden Fire Base at the Dryden Municipal Airport
by Jamie Scrimger
Five New Wildfires Reported
THUNDER BAY – WILDFIRE –  Smoke drift is forecast to be detectable throughout the far north due to large fires in the Northwest Territories, Northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba.  Communities in relative proximity to monitored fires in Ontario may detect smoke but concentrations are forecast to be light.
The Northwest region is getting multiple new fire starts d