Forest fires raging in Ontario

Northern Ontario communities are dealing with the most intense forest fires in the living memory of many residents.

Today, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care initiated a partial deployment of the Emergency Medical Assistance Team (EMAT) to Thunder Bay to help provide health care services to residents who have been evacuated from smoke and fire-threatened communities in Northern Ontario....



Map here. More than 3,300 people were being forced to evacuate their communities in northwestern Ontario Wednesday, boarding military and commercial aircraft in a rush to flee more than 100 forest fires blazing throughout the region. Another 1,000 could follow Thursday

Salvation Army joins rescue operations. About 115 forest fires are burning in northwestern Ontario and the fires are showing no signs of stopping. To date, about 1,500 people have been flown to communities hundreds of kilometres to the south...