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Wildfires Fuel Evacuation Alerts for 20,000 on St. John's Outskirts

Evacuation alerts have spread as crews struggle to contain out-of-control blazes in dry, windy weather

Smoke from a nearby wildfire is visible in this handout photo, from Signal Hill, in St. John’s, N.L., on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout — Elling Lien (Mandatory Credit)
Smoke from a nearby wildfire is visible from Signal Hill, in St. John’s, N.L., on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sarah Smellie
A firefighting crew is seen at Cameron Lake on their way to the Wesley Ridge wildfire, burning about 60 kilometres northwest of Nanaimo, B.C., on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout- BC Wildfire Service (Mandatory Credit)
Wildfire smoke is seen blanketing Newfoundland's coast, south of the lighthouse at Fort Amherst, in St. John's, N.L., on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sarah Smellie

Overview

  • About 5,400 residents in two St. John’s neighbourhoods were added to evacuation alerts Tuesday, joining roughly 15,000 in nearby Paradise and Conception Bay South
  • The Kingston fire has expanded past 64 square kilometres while a blaze near Paddy’s Pond grew to about 2.5 square kilometres, forcing officials to pull ground crews from extreme heat and flames
  • Six water bombers, including two from Ontario, are active alongside up to 80 Canadian Armed Forces firefighters and a contracted Sikorsky S-92 helicopter due to arrive from Alberta
  • The provincial government has banned all-terrain vehicles on forest roads and issued fines under its fire ban to enforce safety measures
  • Thick smoke is preventing accurate damage assessments and forecasts of high winds and heat warnings threaten further fire intensification