Snow Lake under evacuation again
Mayor Ron Scott shares how the town is handling its second evacuation as wildfires rage, and a new state of emergency is declared.
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CTV News
22 minutes ago
- CTV News
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Crews battle a wildfire in the Irishtown area of Moncton, N.B., on Aug. 11, 2025. (Submitted: Moncton Firefighters Association) A wildfire burning near Moncton, N.B., is still out of control, but it has shrunk in size. Twelve wildfires are now burning in New Brunswick, though 10 are contained or are being patrolled. The Miramichi-area wildfire, which doubled in size to 1,120 hectares overnight, is still out of control. The Irishtown fire, which broke out Sunday, is now 45 hectares, down from 54 hectares Monday. Irishtown fire Crews battle a fire in the Irishtown area of Moncton, N.B., on Aug. 11, 2025. (Submitted: Moncton Firefighters Association) 'The fire is still considered to be out of control, but the situation looks a lot more promising than it did yesterday, so we're hopeful that that's a good sign,' Maple Hills Mayor Erica Warren told CTV News Tuesday afternoon. 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CBC
23 minutes ago
- CBC
Air and ground crews fighting new fire in Spaniard's Bay
The fire started near the Anglican cemetery on Maul Tree Hill, according to Spaniard's Bay Mayor Paul Brazil. Volunteer firefighters, already stretched thin fighting a separate 6,000-hectare fire in Conception Bay North, are there with a helicopter and water bomber, according to Brazil.
