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Author: Sarah Smellie
Publication Date: May 8, 2025 - 14:16

Homes destroyed, more people flee as wildfires rage in eastern Newfoundland

May 8, 2025
More people were packing up to flee their homes Thursday morning as wildfires raged in Newfoundland along the western shore of Conception Bay, about 45 kilometres northwest of St. John’s.The flames had destroyed about a dozen homes since Wednesday afternoon, said Gerry Rogers, a resident of the amalgamated town of Small Point-Adam’s Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove, N.L.

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