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Last Evacuation Orders Lifted in Conception Bay North Wildfire Zone

Nearly 200 structures lie in ruins along a 15-kilometre stretch of Newfoundland’s north shore.

Mayor Curtis Delaney of Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove, N.L., speaks with journalists on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Elling Lien
The Kingston fire left a path of destruction in Conception Bay North and blackened huge swaths of forest including this whole hillside.
Heidi Rossiter with Newfoundland Health Services prepares cleanup kits for residents living in the Kingston fire area who are returning to their homes since the evacuation order was lifted.
Scott Chandler has been volunteering and helping fire evacuees even though he lost his own house in the Kingston fire.

Overview

  • Newfoundland and Labrador lifted remaining evacuation orders for Western Bay, Ochre Pit Cove and Northern Bay, allowing residents to return.
  • Officials previously partially rescinded the regional state of emergency for the Bay de Verde Peninsula from Bristol’s Hope to Whiteway.
  • Returning residents reported homes reduced to foundations and chimneys, with a Western Bay elementary school heavily damaged.
  • The wildfire, which began Aug. 3 near Kingston, was classified as held by Friday as damage assessments and recovery continued.
  • Volunteer, provincial and national crews battled the blaze without local hydrants in drought-like conditions, prompting water deliveries by tanker trucks.