🚨 BREAKING: Large Wildfire in South Frontenac – Mutual Aid Requested 🚨
- Small Town Productions
- Aug 10
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 11
Updates can be found at the bottom of the article in the Updates Below Section
SOUTH FRONTENAC, ON
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Another fire has popped up in the Eastern Ontario region. This fire is located in the South Frontenac township, just North of Kingston.
South Frontenac Fire & Rescue (SFFR) crews are currently on the scene of a large wildfire in the 1000 block of Rutledge Road.
Mutual aid was requested from Loyalist Township Emergency Services (Odessa Station) and the Stone Mills Fire Department (Yarker Station) for additional manpower and tanker support.
At 2:37 p.m., Loyalist Township Emergency Services reported they would not be responding to the Rutledge Road fire after encountering another wildfire while en route. Stone Mills crews remain committed to assisting SFFR at the original scene.
Updates Below
UPDATE 3:10pm: The South Frontenac Fire Department has closed Perth Rd south of Rutledge Rd while they work to combat the fire.
UPDATE 3:39 pm: We have received reports that there is another fire underway on Mclean Rd.
UPDATE 5:02 pm: Both fires in South Frontenac have been deemed under control and/or extinguished by SFFR (South Frontenac Fire Rescue). This includes the one on Mclean Rd and the one on Rutledge Rd.
The fire is under control. Further updates will be posted as they become available.
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