A wildfire burning outside Moncton was reduced to 45 hectares as of Tuesday, but a nearby resident remains cautious, fearing that dry conditions and a potential change in wind could make fighting the fire more complicated.
Fire in Maple Hills in its third day, but crews beat it back by 10 hectares
Katelin Belliveau · CBC News
· Posted: Aug 12, 2025 4:49 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
Fire crews managed to reduce the size of a wildfire outside Moncton but it remains out of control. (Department of Natural Resources)
A wildfire outside Moncton has been burning for three days, but crews managed, as of Tuesday, to shrink the blaze by about 10 hectares.
The fire in the rural municipality of Maple Hills covered 45 hectares by Tuesday morning, and crews kept it to that size throughout the afternoon.
On Monday, the fire covered 54 hectares, according to the province’s fire dashboard.
The scene is still one of two fires in the province considered to be out of control.
Tammy Young and her husband, Omer Mallet, have lived on Weisner Road in Maple Hills for nearly 20 years. (Katelin Belliveau/CBC)
Despite the progress, not all residents are breathing a sigh of relief, however.
Tammy Young estimates the home she and her husband have lived in for about 20 years on Weisner Road is just shy of five kilometres away from the fire.
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