PERTH-ANDOVER, N.B. – About 200 homes have been evacuated in western New Brunswick as forest fires continue to burn.
In a press release, Mayor Terry Ritchie of Perth-Andover says people living near the Tobique First Nation left their homes overnight because of a nearby blaze.
Threes schools in Perth-Andover are closed for the day as a precaution — Andover Elementary School, Perth-Andover Middle School and Southern Victoria High School.
Ritchie says residents in nearby Craig Flats have also been warned to prepare for evacuations if necessary.
He says a health advisory has been issued for residents with breathing difficulties because of the smoke hanging in the air.
Ritchie says officials are hopeful rain in the forecast today will help firefighters extinguish the wildfires.
The province’s Department of Natural Resources says people are continuing to set fires despite a provincewide ban on burning amid dry conditions.
A manmade fire earlier this week destroyed two mobile homes west of Moncton in southeastern New Brunswick.
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