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Three wildfires are listed as out-of-control, according to the government’s fire watch, on Thursday morning.
New fires near Bathurst and Miramichi now listed as out-of-control
CBC News
· Posted: Aug 14, 2025 6:25 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago
Plumes of smoke could be seen Wednesday by the roadblock north of the fire in Miramichi. (Pierre Fournier/CBC )
Three New Brunswick wildfires are listed as out-of-control, according to the government’s fire watch, on Thursday morning.
This includes the Oldfield Road fire in the Miramichi area that has been burning for over a week and currently encompasses 1,358 hectares.
The new out-of-control labels include a fire just northwest of the one in Miramichi near the old Heath Steele Mine, deemed the “Cheif’s” fire, which encompasses 25 hectares and was detected around 3 p.m. Wednesday.
The other fire listed as out of control is called the Caché fire, at 0.1 hectares, and is just west of Bathurst. It was detected around 1 p.m. Wednesday.
The Irishtown fire near Moncton, which covered 45 hectares, has since been contained. Contained fires have barriers surrounding them, but are still burning on all or some edges, and have the potential to jump the barrier.
Three fires, indicated by red icons, were listed as out of control, on the government’s fire watch dashboard as of Thursday morning. » Read More
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