The Town of Paradise has issued an immediate evacuation order. The following areas need to evacuate immediately:
Paradise residents – ALL properties adjacent to Three Island Pond, including Three Island Pond Road to the intersection of Buckingham Drive, Ellington Close, Angels Road, Hansen Place, Vanellen Place, Dawes Road, Balsamwood Road, Stokes Road and Shalloway Place.
Impacted residents are advised to travel NORTH to Route 60 (Topsail Road), as Peacekeeper’s Way will be CLOSED between Mineral’s Road and the Trans-Canada Highway. Residents that are NOT impacted are requested to avoid the area to minimize traffic congestion.
See the provided map for evacuation boundaries.
If anyone requires transportation, buses will be available and on stand-by. Search and Rescue and police will be in these areas to assist people who require transportation.
A reception centre for impacted residents has been established at Admiral’s Academy, 835 Conception Bay Highway (in Kelligrews).
In addition to an overnight shelter, the reception centre will provide three meals per day, showers, as well as other support services to all impacted residents. Regardless if you are using the reception centre for overnight shelter, all impacted residents are welcome.
All impacted residents are reminded; they MUST register with the Canadian Red Cross:
- In person at Admiral’s Academy, 835 Conception Bay Highway (in Kelligrews).
- By phone at 1-800-863-6582, OR
- Online at redcross.ca/2025NewfoundlandWildfires.
For the most up-to-date information, please visit www.gov.nl.ca/alerts/ and follow the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador on Facebook and on X.
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