All the hotels were booked in Grand Falls, in Bishop's, even Exploits … all of them were booked. Leah Organ was stranded on the north side of the blockade on Route 360 with her grandmother, arriving there around 3 p.m. Blockades strand people on highway overnight Crews had three water bombers, one helicopter, a pump unit and 14 personnel fighting that fire Tuesday afternoon. He said another large fire, at Paradise Lake and encompassing 826 hectares, is their second priority and there are some cabins are at risk, but no structures have burned at this time. #GOVNL /8CLh5gttpG- said Tuesday afternoon that overnight cooling helped dampen the fire and crews also made good progress on it. Please have patience and keep safety top of mind. Officials will move one side of the route at a time. Increasing smoke, which Oke said is dense and presents a health and safety issue for the crews, forced them to relocate their staging area Monday night.Ĭrews at the forest fire sites on the Bay D’Espoir Highway (Rt 360) will begin escorting traffic through when conditions allow. The fire, one of six forest fires in the province, has grown to 1,006 hectares from an estimated 540 hectares on Monday, Oke said, but it is not burning near communities.Īs of Tuesday afternoon, two helicopters, 24 firefighters and six pump units were fighting the flames near the highway. Įlvis Loveless, MHA for Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune said traffic did get moving through the area around 9:30 a.m. We'll be looking for similar opportunities today however, there is significant smoke in the area and we advise the public that that is a health and safety issue," Oke told CBC News on Tuesday. #GovNL #nltraffic /gGl6kbsUER- was a short opportunity, a window to support a motorcade through the closed section, to assist with the vehicle backlog. An update will be provided upon the road opening. The road will be closed overnight beginning at 830pm, and crews should reopen between 730am or 8am. Update: The forest fire continues at the Bay D'Espoir Highway (Rt.
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