(Espoir Bay Motorway via Department of Transport.)
Wildfires in central Newfoundland are increasing in size and plans to open the Bay d’Espoir Freeway sporadically have been thwarted. Forestry teams are assessing the situation but will have to spend the day fighting the fire on the 13th.
Mother Nature is not doing them any favors with heat warnings, lightning and no rain of any consequence.
Fire Chief Jeff Motty says the best they can do right now is jump to have it open tomorrow.
Forestry wants cabin owners in the Espoir Bay dual carriageway area to leave the area.
The department says anyone with cabins or campers around Great Rattling Brook (north and south), Miguel and Martin Lake, Tote Brook, Paradise Lake, Sunday Pond and North West Gander River should leave as the wildfire is extremely active
2/3: Safety is paramount. Residents, cabin owners and campers are asked to leave their cabins and avoid affected areas, including forest access roads. Resources have begun arriving from Quebec and support efforts are expected to begin tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/y7Q3DPsWvU
— Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture NL (@FFA_GovNL) August 4, 2022