Fire Situation Update

The Kenora District has seen a couple of new forest fires over thepast couple of days.

The Ministry of Natural Resources says one of the blazes was locatedon an island near Sunset Channel on Lake of the Woods north of the Aulneau Peninsula.

Its believed the fire was human-caused, and the MNR is currently investigating.

Fire ranger crews are not actively battling the blaze, and instead willmonitor it for the time being.