Forest fire forces evacuation of some people from Eabametoong First Nation
From CBC online at http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/06/12/fire-ontario.html
Fire forces 300 from Ontario reserve - June12, 2006
About 300 people fled a remote northern Ontario reserve Sunday as a forest fire advanced to within eight kilometres of the community.
Helicopters carried mostly young and elderly people from the Eabametoong reserve, which used to be known as Fort Hope. They're being housed in a sports complex in a nearby community.
The fire, which started Friday, is moving at about six kilometres per hour and is about 10 square kilometres in size.
Firefighters are using water bombers and helicopters to tackle the blaze.
Officials are preparing for larger-scale evacuations of the community of 1,100 should the fire get closer.
A remote First Nation on Eabamet Lake, Eabametoong is about 300 kilometres north of Thunder Bay and is accessible by air and winter road.