The number of forest fires in Northeastern Ontario has been cut down to 39 as of Sunday evening.
Twelve of the wildfires remain out of control and that includes North Bay 72 which covers more than 27,500 hectares in the Lady Evelyn cluster.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says the fires in this cluster as well as those in River Valley, Pembroke and Parry Sound remain priority sites.
The fires in the Temagami cluster are no longer consider priorities because firefighters now have the upper hand on them.
Parry Sound 33 is a huge fire at more than 7,600 hectares large,
The fires in this cluster has seen smoke drift on to Highway 69 because it’s only seven kilometres from the highway.
Water bombers and helicopters have been fighting this wildfire continuously as firefighters try to bring it under control.
Some residents in areas close to the fires in the Parry Sound cluster were evacuated last week.
There are about four forest fires in the Pembroke cluster however firefighters are making progress.
The fires in this cluster forced the closure of Highway 17 for a time last weekend.
Road restrictions remain in place to camps close to the fires and go to www.Ontario.ca/forestfire for details.
The northeast remains a Restricted Fire Zone.