A burn ban has been instituted across New Brunswick as hot, dry conditions persist throughout the province.
Although the vast majority of the province isn’t experiencing any blazes, one raging fire on the province’s northeastern tip continues to force residents from their homes.
As a result of the fire on Miscou Island, officials say they aren’t taking any chances elsewhere.
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“Right now we have some extreme fire conditions,” said Fire Prevention Officer Roger Collet. “We’ve had no rain for the last couple weeks or any amount of rain.”
“The numbers are climbing,” said Collet.
Although officials are enacting a province wide burn ban Collet assured the public that the majority of crews are surveying the blaze on Miscou Island rather than actively fighting a fire.
“There’s no real big issues other than the Miscou fire,” he explained. “We’ve had a couple other small ones even this morning or around noontime but very small, contained right away.”
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Hot weather combined with very little precipitation over the past few weeks has increased the likelihood of fires breaking out.
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In order for the bans to be lifted, a sustained and drastic shift in weather would be required.
“We’re going to need quite a bit of rain, probably we’re looking at several days of rain before we’re back in the situation where we were three weeks ago,” Collet said.
“A day of rain may change the conditions on the burning conditions but if we want any long term effects, even if the province were to open burning again for a day, it may close quickly if the rain stopped.”
Residents are encouraged to keep an eye on the government website for daily updates on burn bans.
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