Newfoundland and Labrador — Residents in the community of Small Point-Adam’s Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove have been forced to flee from a raging wildfire that has destroyed buildings and homes. The town issued a state of emergency on Wednesday. It also comes with an evacuation order for residents of Adam’s Cove north of Cave Lane. The RCMP has closed the road between Adam’s Cove and Western Bay… Newfoundland Power also cut electricity in nearby Ochre Pit Cove, Burnt Point and Kingston. …Wildfires cropped up across the Avalon Peninsula throughout Wednesday, the most dangerous of which is in Small Point-Adam’s Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove in Conception Bay North. Residents of the area who spoke with CBC News described large flames and black smoke that crossed roads. …Earlier in the day, provincial forest fire duty officer Jeff Motty told CBC News the fire is big, very active and out of control — and that homes had been “ignited.”

Additional coverage from CBC’s Elizabeth Whitten: At least 12 homes destroyed as wildfire state of emergency continues in C.B.N.