Forest fighting efforts in Western Canada for the Ministry of Natural Resources are being scaled back.Because of an increasing fire hazard here at home, a planned dispatch of fire rangers to Alberta this week has been cancelled.
The MNR adds when the remaining 374 Ontario fire staff return from Alberta, they will not be replaced.
There are 10-active fires in the District including a fire that's been burning on an island on Lake of the Woods since the weekend.
The hazard is high to extreme across Northwestern Ontario.
