3 fires now out of control in New Brunswick, minister says

Source: CBC

Provincial teams are now fighting three out-of-control wildfires in New Brunswick, Natural Resources Minister John Herron said Monday.

He and Premier Susan Holt held an afternoon news conference to update the public on what Holt described as a worsening wildfire situation.

A fire near the old Bathurst mine site in northern New Brunswick has been newly categorized as out of control, Herron said.

That's as the Oldfield fire north of Miramichi has grown to 450 hectares, from 340 hectares at the last update.

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