9 wildfires out of control Friday morning, largest fire enters 10th day

CBC

9 hours ago

As of early Friday morning, nine wildfires were listed as out of control on New Brunswick's fire watch dashboard.
Meanwhile, the province's largest wildfire is entering its tenth day, still listed at 1,358 hectares.
The province has said because of high traffic volumes, the dashboard may be slow or take a while to load.
The out-of-control fires are all in the northeastern part of the province. They are being referred to on the dashboard as 9 Mile, Chief's, Moose Brook, Smoker Brook, Pats Brook, Baisley Road, Park Road, Green Brook and then the long-standing Oldfield Road.
The largest fire after Oldfield Road is Chief's, which is further west than the rest of the out-of-control fires. It is listed as 25 hectares.
Aside from Oldfield Road and Chief's, the rest of the out-of-control fires are relatively small in size, ranging from 0.1 to 0.2 hectares each.
New Brunswick, along with much of the rest of the country, has experienced hot and dry conditions for the last two weeks or so.
A weak cold front on Thursday brought slightly cooler temperatures than the high 30s that many regions had been getting. The highest temperature in the province on Thursday was 30.7 in Moncton, while Miramichi, which broke daily temperature records all week, topped at 27.4 C.
Some places also saw brief periods of rain.
According to CBC meteorologist Tina Simpkin, high temperatures during the day Friday will range from 21 C along the coast to 27 C inland. Saturday will see similar temperatures. There is a chance of showers for Sunday, with similar temperatures to Friday and Saturday.
An Environment Canada special air quality statement is still in place for the Miramichi area and southeast New Brunswick because of smoke from nearby wildfires.