The Ministry of Natural Resources is concentrating its efforts on a large forest fire in the Ear Falls area.Spokesperson Debbie MacLean says the fire is showing extreme behaviour.
MacLean says at one point they did have to pull ground crews from the area as well as evacuate a few tourists from an outpost camp in the Margaret Lake area.
The fire has consumed power lines that feed Pickle Lake, Cat Lake First Nation and New Osnaburgh.
Hydro One Spokesperson Danielle Gauvin says the power went out around 3:30 Sunday afternoon.
