Thursday is day 12 for Timmins 9, the forest fire burning north of Gogama and just west of Hwy. 144.
From the incident command post in Gogama, MNR fire information officer Isabelle Chenard says crews and equipment are building control lines and establishing and consolidating hose lines around the perimeter.
“So far the fire remains not under control,” she reports, “but good progress continues to be made.”
Remapping results in the fire being downsized by three hectares to 3,151.
“The distances from the communities have not changed,” Chenard adds. “So we’re still 10 km from Gogama, 7 km west of Mattagami First Naton as well as a kilometre-and-a-half from Hwy. 144.”
Heavy equipment has been building control lines on the east side of the fire for the last few days.
Chenard has a lot more to say in this audio link:
