| Comments | Mishkeegogamang Ojibway First Nation (New Osnaburgh) ON, June 21-27, 2011. A state of emergency was declared as the First Nation community was overcome by smoke from more than 17 wildfires burning within 10 kilometres of the community’s housing area. The fire was estimated to be 37,000 hectares in size and was out control. There were 423 residents that were evacuated between June 22 and June 24. Sioux Lookout, Greenstone (Gerldton) and Ignace declared states of emergency. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) deployed 10 fire ranger crews to bring the fires under control while the Department of National Defense (DND) assisted with evacuations, and Health Canada assisted with medical services. |