7 June 1999
Fig.1. Hotspot overview, 6 June 1999
(Source: FireM3)
Fig.2. Image showing fires in north-eastern Ontario on
6 June1999. The fire near Bearskin Lake has periodically spread northward from the town
since the beginning of May. It has since burned at least 50,000 ha.
(Source: FireM3)
The above maps and all maps of previous days can be directly accessed at the Fire Monitoring, Mapping, and Modelling (FireM3) Project website (the FireM3 project is a collaboration of the Canadian Forest Service and the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing). Through the Map Link you can access daily hotspot images. An Internet Map Server, which is like a simple GIS running on the host computer, allows you to zoom in on any fire or other area of interest and view the image and map data at full (1km) resolution. You can also click on any fire and get information about that fire.
Saskatchewan Daily Forest Fire Situation Report (10:00 AM Sunday, June 06, 1999):
There are 18 forest fires burning in the province today.
5 fires have been extinguished in the past 24 hours.
4 new fires have been reported.
Total number of fires to date this year is 168.
Total to date last year was 407, 5-year average is 234.
The whole report and further information can be accessed at the fire management website of Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management (SERM).