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“A large forest fire in northeastern Ontario was less active on Wednesday but is still causing concern as residents have either left their communities or are on an evacuation alert,” wrote CBC News on August 1, 2018.
CBC News continued, “The Parry Sound 33 forest fire, which began two weeks ago, remains at 10,139 hectares in size with officials saying the fire started being less active on Tuesday due to high humidity levels and cloud cover.
Shayne McCool, a fire information officer with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says, “It wasn’t as active as it had been in days prior … so that’s a good sign,” he said.
“We made some progress on the southwest side [of the fire]. We’re expecting to see different conditions that we have in previous days [and] that should change the circumstances and allow us to make some more headway on containing this fire.”
The Parry Sound 33 fire started on July 18 and is still not under control. Across northeastern Ontario, there are currently 41 active fires burning with 13 listed as not under control. Crews are still working to fight one of the largest fires in the province near Temagami, which is 27,285 hectares in size.”
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