Monday, June 3, 2013

Wet Weekend Reduces Fire Hazard

All the rain this past week may not have been good for people wanting to spend some time outdoors, but it was good for the forest fire situation.

The Ministry of Natural Resources says there were no new fires reported in the region over the past five days.

The forest fire hazard has also dropped to low right across the Kenora District.

In fact, the Kenora area saw almost 39 millimeters of rain over four days.

That was not the highest total in the region.

Ear Falls was hit by almost 60 millimeters, while Dryden is bailing from 55
millimeters of rain.