No outdoor burning is allowed in those areas.Д®nvironment Canada also issued heat warnings for some parts of northwestern Ontario on Sunday. Heat warnings issued for regionДЄ restricted fire zone remains in effect for theВ Kenora, Fort Frances, Dryden and Thunder Bay districts, as well as portions of the Sioux Lookout, Red LakeВ and Nipigon districts.

'AВ fire in that proximity to the community would certainly be a top priority for the fire management headquarters in Nipigon district,' he said.

Marchand said there were some efforts to suppress the fire on the weekend. The AFFES said the fire is 0.2 hectares in sizeВ and not under control. AFFES said crews are maintaining sprinklers on structures in the fire's vicinity.ДЄmong the new fires reported Saturday was Nipigon 56, which is burning 2.5 kilometres southeast of Schreiber, located on the northernmost point of Lake Superior. Kenora 51 is now more than 90,000 hectaresВ and burning in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park. Red Lake 124 is not under control at 40 hectares. Marchand said that as of Sunday, four of those smaller fires located south of Red Lake wereВ under control.

Mexican crews to help with forest fire suppression efforts in northwestern Ontario.

Deer Lake First Nation fully evacuating due to forest fire threat in northern Ontario.

The agencyВ said the fire is behavingВ too aggressively to send out ground crews, and officials are looking for opportunities to bring the eastern edge of the blaze, which is the closest to Deer Lake, to natural boundaries.ДЄ fullВ evacuation of Deer LakeВ was taking place over the weekend following a request from community leadership. Red Lake 51, whichВ continues to burn about 24 kilometres west of Deer Lake First Nation, is more than 45,000 hectares in size, AFFES said. More than 100 fires burning in region SundayДЄs of Sunday morning, there were more than 100 forest fires burning in northwestern Ontario, according to the province's interactive forest fire map.

this period of heightened fire activity.' 'We remain committed to provide a safe work environment for our staff and our partners and working together through. 'We extend our heartfelt thanks to our wildland fire contractors who have offered support and staff to help us fight these fires across northwestern Ontario. 'Our ministry is working with the Ontario Provincial Police, the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development, the coroner's office and the contract service provider in their investigations,' he said. The deceased, who has not been identified, was a contract firefighter whoВ died in hospital following a medical issue that occurred on July 15, while he was helpingВ respond to wildfires burning in the Fort Frances district, Marchand said. A forest firefighter has died in northwestern Ontario after a medical emergency that occurred last week in the Fort Frances, Ont., area, the province's Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services (AFFES) agency said.ДЄFFESВ fire information officer Chris MarchandВ said the agency and theВ Ministry ofВ Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and ForestryВ are 'deeply saddened' by the firefighter's death.

The long dark forestry lookout