Raging wildfires force several Avalon communities to evacuate, others on alert

Elizabeth Whitten
CBC News
August 5, 2025
Category: Forest Fires
Region: Canada, Canada East

Wildfires burning out of control on Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula have forced hundreds of people from several communities to flee their homes and others to be ready to leave if the call comes. On Monday, residents in the Conception Bay North communities of Small Point–Adam’s Cove–Blackhead–Broad Cove and Kingston were told to evacuate due to a burning wildfire near Kingston. …A new fire near Holyrood prompted partial evacuation of residents, and the Town of Conception Bay South also evacuated the area of the Conception Bay Highway west of Seal Cove Road. “We’ve had an interesting fire season, to say the least,” provincial fire duty officer Jeff Motty told CBC Radio’s The St. John’s Morning Show on Tuesday. …The current dry conditions are also making the current fire fighting season challenging, said Motty.

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