OPPHighway 11 is open again after two forest fires forced the OPP to close it.

The highway was closed from Hearst to Longlac .

Two large forest fires were identified on May 23 just west of Hearst. Some precautionary evacuations were ordered.

The larger of the two was 2,747 hectares and the smaller 475 hectares as of Monday.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry have crews actively working to control the fires.