Busy Fire Season Turns Extreme

The Ministry of Natural Resources says Northwestern Ontario is under a high to extreme forest fire hazard.
Information officer Mitch Miller says new fires are being reported daily across the entire region, keeping fire crews and water bombers busy.
Miller says the fires being dealt with are generally human-caused fires, although high winds late last week caused numerous fires from trees landing on hydro lines.
Miller says with no precipitation in the forecast, fire managers are urging the public not to burn.
So far this spring, there have been nearly 90 fires that burned almost 500 hectares in northwestern Ontario.