Overview

• Officials revised the fire’s size to nearly 85 square kilometres due to more precise mapping, with no new damage reported.
• Crews report weather-aided progress but have not established a containment break around the blaze.
• The Department of Natural Resources warns people to keep drones away from firefighting aircraft operating over the area.
• About 20 households have lost homes, and residents report persistent smoke causing breathing difficulties.
• New Brunswick is battling two separate out-of-control wildfires that together have burned nearly 23 square kilometres.