The number of fires in activity in New Brunswick continues to increase, particularly in the northeast, where seven braziers were out of control in this region, in the evening, on Sunday.
Just as was the case on Saturday, all the braziers considered out of control, on Sunday, burned in the northeast-more specifically in the counties of Northumberland (Miramichi) and Gloucester (heat, Acadian peninsula).
Environment Canada planned a little rain in the province on Sunday. A spokesperson for the organization of emergency measures, Tom Levesque, told the newspaper that this precipitation will help in the short term and could slow the progression of certain fires. However, the rain will not be sufficient to “have a medium and long -term effect on the progression of forest fires in the province”.
In an update published in the evening, the Ministry of Natural Resources said that even if it had rained in certain regions of the province, the danger of fire remains high.
“The short showers only humidify the surfaces, can be read. Dry materials below can still ignite quickly. The sun and the wind can dry the humidity in a few hours, again creating dangerous conditions. ”
The evacuation notice which had been issued on Friday evening for the inhabitants of Lavillette, near Neguac, was lifted on Sunday afternoon.
The fire at the origin of the opinion (which bears the name of 271) has an area of 8.5 hectares and is considered to be content since Friday, around 9 p.m. Of the twenty firefighters assigned there on Friday evening, there were only six on the spot on Sunday evening.
According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, no less than 39 fires were active in New Brunswick on Sunday-ten more than Saturday.
The government invites neo-Brunswick to remain vigilant, because air quality could be affected by the presence of dense smoke across the province. For its part, Environment Canada has issued an air quality special bulletin for the large Miramichi region.
The city of Fredericton reported on Saturday noon that several citizens had called 911 by seeing smoke. False alert since this smoke came from fire in Nova Scotia and had been transported by the wind even in the region of the capital.
Old Field Road’s fire near Miramichi has been burning for twelve days now.
This blaze has so far devoured 1402 hectares of forest – more than all the other fires burning in the province put together. Things seem to improve, however: 70 firefighters who were there on Thursday, they were only ten on Sunday evening.
Among the other six fires out of control in the northeast Sunday evening, three have an area of more than 100 hectares.
The first (called Beaver Lake Stream) burns about 100 km west of Miramichi. In the evening, 40 firefighters were on site, 37 more than at the start of the day. Its area has continued to grow exponentially this weekend. In the latest news, she was over 580 hectares.
The second (named 273) has an area of 120 hectares-95 more than Friday-and is approximately 30 km southwest of the Népisiguit Falls and Bathurst mines. Four firefighters try to circumscribe it. It was detected Wednesday afternoon.
The third (called Chief’s) burns about 60 km southwest of Bathurst and 65 km northwest of Miramich. Its size has more than quadrupped from Saturday to Sunday, going from 50 to 218 hectares. Forty firefighters attacked there Sunday evening, 20 more than at the start of the day on Saturday.
The other importance of importance which was out of control Sunday afternoon bears the name of 281. It rages about fifty kilometers west of Beresford. It has an area of 50 hectares. He was detected on Thursday.
The fire burning in Irishtown, north of Moncton, since last Sunday, remains contained. Its area has not increased in the last five days. Of the 45 firefighters assigned there last week, they are only eleven.
The situation of forest fires is much less precarious in the south in general than it can be in the northeast. Only five fires were listed there on Sunday evening, including four which are practically extinguished.
So far this year in the province, fires have burned 2590 hectares of forest, a spectacular increase compared to the 186 which had undergone the same fate on the same year.
For the moment, the government does not deplore the destruction of any infrastructure by fires.
The Ministry of Natural Resources recalls that all industrial and recreational activities (including hiking, campsite, fishing and the use of vehicles in the woods) have been prohibited on the crown lands since last Saturday and up to the other opinion.
All forest operations (harvesting, tugging, clearing, scarifying, shredding and all pre -commercal clearing and cleaning operations are prohibited.
Provincial parks remain open to the campsite with restrictions, in particular the ban on campfire and the closure of all hiking trails.
A burning ban is also in force throughout the province.