Smoke and AQHI context
Smoke forecasts are model estimates and AQHI stations report combined local air-quality conditions. They should be checked together, and neither proves that smoke is caused by the nearest mapped fire.
Track current official Ontario forest fires and satellite hotspot context around Sioux Lookout and northwestern Ontario.
Distances are straight-line measurements to source-provided point locations, not fire perimeters, evacuation boundaries, or safety ratings.
These timestamps have different meanings. A page render or ingestion attempt does not replace the owning agency's source-update time.
There are 3 current official Ontario fire points within 100 km of the community centre. The nearest current official point is 44 km east near SLK087.
Open the nearest official fire record →Smoke forecasts are model estimates and AQHI stations report combined local air-quality conditions. They should be checked together, and neither proves that smoke is caused by the nearest mapped fire.
Official active and new fire markers come from Ontario AFFES/LIO data. Marker data is informational and may not represent an exact perimeter.
Sioux Lookout is a transportation and service hub for many remote northern communities. Wildfire impacts can involve aviation, roads, evacuations, smoke, and access over a very large region beyond the town itself.
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 evacuation orders, emergency alerts, road closures, or fire-spread predictions. Follow provincial, territorial, municipal, Indigenous, and emergency authorities for current instructions.
Same-province communities are prioritized, followed by the nearest available local map pages.