MNRF Forest Fire update

**MNRF Forest Fire Update**

Incident Management Teams

• Incident Management Teams (IMTs) are in place in the region. They are managing priority fires in the following areas:
  • Parry Sound 33
  • Lady Evelyn Cluster

Parry Sound 33

• No growth on the fire yesterday; it remains at 11,362 hectares.
• People are able to return to their cottages and residences. A daytime travel restriction remains for Pickerel River and Key River. 
• Local residents will continue to see smoke drift from this fire over the next 2 or 3 days as weather conditions remain hot and dry.
• Ground crews continue to extinguish hot spots within the fire perimeter.
• For inquiries about French River Provincial Park restrictions: 705-857-1630 ext. 224.
• Parry Sound and Sudbury districts information, including calls related travel restrictions or to the recommendation of these evacuations and alerts.

Lady Evelyn fire cluster

• North Bay Fire 072
  • Not grown in size
  • 27, 285 hectares
  • Being held
• Crews continue to remove equipment from areas of the fire that are less active.
• Infrared scanning continues to identify hotspots that crews will extinguish.
• Helicopter bucketing is also supporting ground crews.