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Some residents near Miramichi may have to evacuate due to a wildfire in the area.
Oldfield Road fire spans 340 hectares
Rhythm Rathi · CBC News
· Posted: Aug 10, 2025 1:58 PM EDT | Last Updated: 39 minutes ago
Natural Resources Minister John Herron describes the fire near Miramichi to be out of control. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Three homes and a cottage are under an evacuation order and another 15 homes are under an alert due to the wildfire burning in the Miramichi area.
New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Nick Brown said in an email that no one was home at the four properties when the evacuation order was issued.
The province’s fire data dashboard says the Oldfield Road fire now spans 340 hectares.
Brown said it is difficult to measure the exact size of the fire as smoke has lead to reduced visibility. The fire was first detected on Wednesday.
“It did jump Highway 8 and burned about 20 hectares,” said Brown on Sunday.
The section of Highway 8 between Route 450 and Oldfield Road remains closed.
New Brunswick’s Natural Resources Minister John Herron said at a news conference on Saturday the fire was “beyond control.”
He said fire conditions are so extreme that “under the current environment it doesn’t matter what we throw at it.”
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