Crews are battling a new out-of-control fire in the City of Kawartha Lakes.
The brush fire is located off Prospect Road south of County Road 48 in Kawartha Lakes, just north of the community of Eldon and around six kilometres southwest of the village of Kirkfield and around four kilometres southeast of the village of Bolsover as the crow flies.
According to the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), which has labelled the fire as OFR001 (for “outside of fire region”, referring to the MNR’s Haliburton fire management region), the fire has grown from five hectares in size to 35 hectares since it started on Monday afternoon (August 11).
According to a social media post, the City of Kawartha Lakes Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were alerted to the fire at around 2 p.m. because of smoke. The OPP say fire crews are on scene battling the fire, with water bombers drawing water from Canal Lake.
Prospect Road is closed from County Road 48 to Eldon Station Road for emergency services to control the fire. Farms are actively moving their animals to safety. The OPP is asking people to avoid the area.
This is the third out-of-control fire in the Kawarthas region since Saturday. Crews are continuing to fight a forest fire east of Burnt River in Kawartha Lakes, as well as a forest fire in the Municipality of Marmora and Lake in Hastings County.
