The Long Lake wildfires have not grown overnight, according to a Tuesday morning update from the Department of Natural Resources.

They say the fire is still about 3210 hectares. DNR said it was about that size in the early afternoon on Monday, after revaluating the size of the fire on Monday morning.

Overall, 93 DNR firefighters, as well as 22 from Ontario and 49 local ones are on the scene. The four places from the Northwest Territories are working on the fire, along with 1 contracted helicopter.

Simonds Lake fire under control

Five firefighters from P.E.I. were redeployed to the Simonds Lake fire to help put it out. As of last night, DNR said the fire was under control at about 1.75 hectares.

They say it started as a structure fire and then spread into the woods.