Firefighting efforts and rainfall brought a forest and bog fire in North Dundas, just south of Ottawa, down to a tenth of its size.

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A forest and bog fire burning in the Township of North Dundas is now mostly under control following overnight rainfall and firefighting efforts, the township said Tuesday morning. Article content

The blaze burning just south of Ottawa is now estimated to be about a tenth of its original size, down from the large 100-acre (or 0.4 square-kilometre) blaze that erupted in the Alvin Runnalls Forest over the weekend. Article content Article content

“Much of the fire is now smouldering at the surface, or underground,” the township said in a release on Tuesday morning, adding firefighters were reporting no open flames.

The township declared

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