Wildfire smoke is seen blanketing Newfoundland’s coast, south of the lighthouse at Fort Amherst, in St. John’s, N.L., on Aug. 11, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sarah Smellie
Water bombers have slowed the growth of a wildfire threatening Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest city, but the flames are still burning out of control, officials said Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the provincial government has introduced a ban on all-terrain vehicles on forested roads as crews grapple with five out-of-control wildfires across the province—the largest of which now encompasses more than 64 square kilometres, Premier John Hogan told a briefing in St. John’s.
