N.B. wildfires: 33 active fires across the province, 4 ‘out of control’
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As of Tuesday morning, there were 33 active wildfires in New Brunswick, including four listed as being 'out of control.'
As of Tuesday morning, there were 33 active wildfires in New Brunswick, including four listed as being “out of control.”
Those four active fires are the Chief’s fire near Northesk, Beaver Lake Stream near Red Bank, Lovalls Lake near the Brunswick Mines and Rocky Brook near Balmoral Parish, which are all located in the northern portion of the province.
Three of those fires are more than 180 hectares in size, including the Beaver Lake Stream blaze, which was discovered last Thursday; the Chief’s fire, which was discovered a day earlier; and the Rocky Brook, which was discovered on Friday night.
“The Beaver Lake Stream fire, we’ve got visibility to that was the result of a lightning strike. That one was particularly clear,” New Brunswick Natural Resources Minister John Herron said.
The minister said the fire is in a very remote portion of the province, which will make it tough to get under control.
“It’s north of the Renuse Highway and south of Mount Carlton. It is very, very, very removed from people. So also road infrastructure,” he said.
“So it’s going to be very challenging for us to be able to get the assets that we’ll need to wrestle that fire down.”
The remainder of the fires are listed as contained, under control, being monitored or being patrolled on Fire Watch.
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