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Emergency crews continue to fight wildfire east of Churchill Falls
Emergency crews continue to fight a wildfire burning near Churchill Falls Thursday morning.
In an early morning update, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary said that traffic is able to pass on the Trans-Labrador Highway, east of the community, after closing a stretch of the road Wednesday evening.
The RNC says it will continue to monitor risk to public safety.
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro says the fire continues to move east, away from the town, and that fire teams are mobilizing again in the morning.
There was a brief power outage in the community Wednesday evening, along with towns in Labrador West. Hydro says the reason was because it had to switch the town's power distribution to another feeder after a pole line was damaged and taken out of service.
The company says power lines into Labrador City and Wabush remain in service and it will continue to monitor the situation closely. An update is expected later on Thursday.
Churchill Falls resident Robert Dawe posted videos of the fire on Facebook as the situation worsened Wednesday night.
On Thursday morning, Dawe told CBC News that helicopters and waterbombers are active.
"I was feeling sick to my stomach. My knees were weak. I was anxious, but I I felt that I needed to capture [this] as safely as I could," he said.
