The Red Lake District is seeing an increase in forest fire activity.
The Ministry of Natural Resources is dealing with a handful of fires in the area, including one in Woodland Caribou Park, heading north towards Pikangikum.
There is no threat to the community.
There’s a second fire burning in the Park at 250-hectares in size.
Another fire of note is Red Lake #7 which is 600-hectares in size and is not under control.
There were three new fires Wednesday in the districts of Kenora, Red Lake and Sioux Lookout.
