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New Brunswick Enforces Woods-Entry Ban as Miramichi Wildfire Rages

DNR crews have begun registering private resource offers to bolster firefighting operations in support of evacuation readiness.

Mitchell Boyle, owner of Boyle Family Farm in Lutes Mountain, said he is offering space on his farm and the use of his livestock trailer to animal owners in the Irishtown area who are waiting to see they will need to evacuate away from an out of control wildfire in the region.
An aerial view shows St. Peter’s Field in Saint John’s north end. A group of volunteers has initiated a project to renovate the diamond, once one of New Brunswick’s finest playing fields.
Yan del Valle is a member of the Friends of St. Peter's Baseball Field, a group dedicated to restoring the aging Saint John diamond to its former glory.
Heat warnings are in effect in New Brunswick as the mercury climbs.

Overview

  • A provincewide ban on entering publicly owned woods took effect at 12:01 a.m. Sunday to curb human-caused ignitions during extreme heat and drought.
  • Crews from the Department of Natural Resources have blocked access to the Little Bartibog fire site, which remains a class-six blaze out of control.
  • Residents in the Irishtown area have been placed on evacuation alert and advised to prepare for rapid departure if conditions worsen.
  • Unlike Nova Scotia’s restrictions, New Brunswick’s ban carries no new fines for violations, provincial officials confirmed.
  • Farmers and businesses across southeastern New Brunswick have volunteered trailers, barns and water tanks, and DNR is coordinating these offers to support firefighting and evacuee sheltering.