Overview

• Newfoundland’s Kingston fire has expanded beyond 90 square kilometres, destroying an elementary school and displacing about 3,000 residents along the Bay de Verde Peninsula
• St. John’s and Pouch Cove fire departments have dispatched pumpers and firefighters to bolster ground suppression on the Kingston blaze
• The Mount Underwood fire on Vancouver Island grew to 34 square kilometres, severing power and road access to Bamfield before recent rain reduced it to mainly smouldering
• Nova Scotia’s Long Lake/West Dalhousie complex remains active at roughly 3–4 square kilometres, with about 100 homes evacuated amid concerns of lightning-triggered flare-ups
• Thunderstorms have grounded many water bombers, stretching aerial support and driving provinces to share crews as drought and wind heighten the risk of new ignitions