Northwest District Wildfire Update – August 21, 2018

16 New Wildfires in Northwest District
THUNDER BAY – WILDFIRE UPDATE – There were 16 new fires confirmed in the Northwest Region by the mid-afternoon of Aug. 21.
At the time of this update there were 71 active fires in the Northwest Region. Sixteen of those fires were not under control, three were being held, five were under control and 47 were under observation. A total of 10 fires had been declared out at the time of this report.
Clear skies, warm temperatures and lower relati