Smoke near Ignace
Open the ECCC FireWork smoke forecast already centred on this community. Forecast smoke is modelled guidance, not a confirmed local measurement.
Open local smoke forecastOntario smoke map →Track official wildfires and smoke around Ignace and the forested Highway 17 corridor of Northwestern Ontario.
Use the local view for nearby official wildfire activity, then check smoke forecast and AQHI context before drawing conclusions about local air quality.
Community Wildfire Watch with FireRadar Plus monitors significant direct-official wildfire activity near Ignace. Your separate free daily briefing can summarize nearby wildfire, smoke and AQHI context once a day.
Distances are straight-line measurements to source-provided point locations, not fire perimeters, evacuation boundaries, or safety ratings.
These timestamps are intentionally separate: the responsible agency owns the source update, FireRadar records when it retrieved the data, and page generation does not replace either timestamp.
There are 6 current official Ontario fire points within 100 km of the community centre. The nearest current official point is 24 km southwest near DRY036.
Open the nearest official fire record →Open the ECCC FireWork smoke forecast already centred on this community. Forecast smoke is modelled guidance, not a confirmed local measurement.
Open local smoke forecastOntario smoke map →Nearest current official AQHI: 1 (Low) at Thunder Bay, 208.1 km from the community centre.
Observed Aug 14, 2026, 3:00 a.m.. Use the local air-quality layer for available AQHI and PM2.5 station context; do not attribute measured air quality to the nearest wildfire by distance alone.
Open local air qualityReview FireRadar’s current-day official wildfire changes, including newly observed fires and status movement, then return here for the local geographic context.
Review today’s changesWithin 25 km: 1 · within 50 km: 1 · within 100 km: 6.
There are 0 recent out or extinguished official records within 100 km.
Official active and new fire markers come from Ontario AFFES/LIO data. Marker data is informational and may not represent an exact perimeter.
The current verified Ontario source payload contains 137 official records before FireRadar separates active and recent-out context.
Ignace is surrounded by boreal forest, lakes, forestry and resource roads, rail infrastructure, recreation areas, and a long section of the Trans-Canada Highway. Wildfires can affect highway travel, forestry operations, remote properties, nearby communities, and smoke across a wide area between larger northern service centres.
Official active and new fire markers come from Ontario AFFES/LIO data. Marker data is informational and may not represent an exact perimeter.
Open Ontario Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services →Distances are calculated from the centre of the selected location to the point supplied for each record. A fire can be large, irregularly shaped, remote, or represented by a reference point rather than an exact perimeter.
FireRadar does not issue official emergency notices, road closures, or fire-spread predictions. Follow provincial, territorial, municipal, Indigenous, and emergency authorities for current instructions.
FireRadar prioritizes communities in the same regional cluster, then the same province, followed by the nearest curated local pages.