Latest details on fire bans in place in communities across the GTA
Fire bans are in place in communities across the GTA following a lengthy stretch of hot, dry weather, and as a large wildfire burns north of Toronto. CP24's Courtney Heels reports.
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Spain, Portugal, and Greece battle wildfires as heatwave is expected to last for days
A woman with a hose tries to put out the fire during a wildfire in Santa Baia De Montes, northwestern Spain, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar) MADRID — Firefighters in Spain, Portugal and Greece continued to battle wildfires Friday on a public holiday in all three countries as persistent hot, dry conditions challenged efforts to contain the blazes. Spain was fighting 14 major fires. Temperatures were expected to climb over the weekend. 'Today will once again be a very tough day, with an extreme risk of new fires,' Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wrote on X. The national weather agency AEMET warned of extreme fire risk in most of the country, including where the largest blazes were burning in the north and west. A heatwave which brought temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) on several days this month was expected to last through Monday. Fires in the Galicia region forced the closure of several highways. The high speed rail line connecting it to Spain's capital, Madrid, remained suspended. The fires in Spain this year have burned 158,000 hectares or 610 square miles, according to the European Union's European Forest Fire Information System. That is an area roughly as big as metropolitan London. In both Spain and Portugal it was the Feast of the Assumption, a major Catholic holiday usually marked by family gatherings and religious processions. In Portugal, nearly 4,000 firefighters were battling seven major fires. Authorities extended the state of alert until Sunday, amid high temperatures expected to last through the weekend. A wildfire in Greece burned out of control for a fourth day on the island of Chios, prompting several more overnight evacuations. Two water-dropping planes and two helicopters were operating in the north of the island in the eastern Aegean Sea, where local authorities said a lull in high winds was helping firefighters early Friday. Following a series of large fires in western Greece earlier this week, the Fire Service was on alert Friday outside Athens and nearby areas in the south of the country where adverse weather conditions elevated the fire risk. The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expressed solidarity on Friday with the victims of wildfires in southern Europe during prayers for the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, an important religious holiday for Orthodox Christians. ___ Suman Naishadham, The Associated Press AP writer Derek Gatopoulos contributed from Athens.
CBC
an hour ago
- CBC
107 homes evacuated as Long Lake fire continues to burn in Annapolis County
More than one hundred homes have been evacuated as a wildfire in Annapolis County continues to burn Friday morning. The fire broke out Wednesday on the north side of Long Lake near West Dalhousie, N.S., about 20 kilometres east of Annapolis Royal. The provincial Department of Natural Resources has said a lightning strike caused the fire. According to the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System map, the Long Lake fire was estimated Thursday evening to be 486 hectares, or approaching five square kilometres — up from 300 hectares around noon Thursday. An evacuation order was expanded on Thursday evening, and now applies to: The Dalhousie Road intersection to 484 Morse Rd. West Dalhousie Road from civic addresses 4530 to 6186. Thorn Road from civic addresses 2648 to 3408. Medicraft Lane with the civic addresses 122, 126 and 126 Unit 2. In an interview with the CBC's Information Morning Nova Scotia on Friday, Dustin Enslow, the deputy warden of the Municipality of the County of Annapolis, said 107 homes have been evacuated, affecting 215 people. An alert issued at 7:42 p.m. AT Thursday told evacuees to leave or risk injury or loss of life. Evacuees should check in at the Bridgetown Fire Hall at 31 Bay Rd., and can call 1-833-806-1515 for more information. A news release from the Municipality of the County of Annapolis Thursday said the Bridgetown Volunteer Fire Department on Bay Road was acting as a reception centre for evacuees. "Don't stay behind to help or because you don't think this will affect you," the release said. "You are putting the lives of our brave first responders and firefighters at risk when you do this. Precious supplies need to go to our firefighting efforts and support personnel." Natural Resources said Thursday about 30 of its firefighters and 10 local firefighters were battling the Long Lake fire. Another fire burning in the Hoyt Lake area, just south of Long Lake, was estimated at one hectare, the department said. Seven Natural Resources and 10 local firefighters were on scene with aircraft support. Natural Resources said a fire at Durland Lake Brook — near the Annapolis County-Queens County border — is estimated to be 0.3 hectares. Six Natural Resources and 20 local firefighters are working on the ground and a Natural Resources helicopter is supporting from the air. According to Environment Canada, there were thunderstorms and rain in the area on Thursday night. No further rain is in the forecast until Sunday night, which has a 30 per cent chance of precipitation.
CBC
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- CBC
9 wildfires out of control Friday morning, largest fire enters 10th day
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.
