Irishtown Inferno: What’s Happening with the Wildfire Near Moncton?

By Rhythm Rathi
CBC News
August 10, 2025
Category: Forest Fires
Region: Canada East

Firefighters from Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview battled a wildfire north of Moncton on Sunday. The rural New Brunswick community of Maple Hills, about 20 kilometres northwest of Moncton, posted on its Facebook page that it is asking some residents to “take immediate steps to prepare for a possible evacuation.” As of 10 p.m. local time, no evacuation order had been given, but the community was urging people to have personal belongings and pets ready to go. The areas most at risk, according to a map posted by the community, are those between Cape Breton Road to the north, Weisner Road to the east, Elmwood Drive to the west and Roma Way to the south. Mayor Erica Warren said in a Facebook post at about 10 p.m. that the fire remains out of control “but not travelling in the immediate direction of residences” at that time.

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