New forest fire in the Thunder Bay District

Relief is still days away for the parched forests of Northwestern Ontario. Debbie MacLean of the Ministry of Natural Resources says that one new fire was reported in the Thunder Bay district 15 kilometres north of the city in the Surprise Lake area.  She says it's a 3 hectare blaze with nothing valuable threatened but they consider it a fire of concern and crews continue to attack it.  MacLean says the fire hazard remains high to extreme