Wildfire Fighting Update, June 16, 2025, 3:40pm
Last night, a drone with an infrared scanner scanned a 350-hectare area in the Channing and Mandy Lake mining area directly south of Flin Flon.
They found about 350 hot spots within that area. The included image shows the scanned area and the hotspots detected.
Forty firefighters are working to extinguish those hot spots to ensure they don’t grow. These hotspots still have a great deal of fuel left around them.
On the east side of Trout Lake, a large flare-up occurred that had a direct route exposed towards Big Island, and into Flin Flon. Forty firefighters and air support are also currently mitigating this risk.
Because the fire spread so quickly in some areas, those areas still have a considerable amount of green vegetation that can reignite from hot spots, increasing the risk to the community.
Although things are going well as far as managing the fire goes, a great deal of risk remains.
Yellow lines on the map are areas that can be confirmed to be fully extinguished and pose no threat. Currently, that area lies on the north shore of Trout Lake. This area will grow as the team confirms other areas they believe are extinguished and safe.
Infrared drone scanning can only be conducted at night to avoid interfering with helicopter traffic during the day.
