For the most up to date information on the wildfires, visit www.gov.nl.ca/alerts and follow the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador on Facebook and on X.

Regional State of Emergency
A regional state of emergency remains in place for a portion of the Bay de Verde Peninsula, from Bristol’s Hope to Whiteway (the communities in the entirety of the Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde electoral district).

Current Evacuation Orders

• Town of Small Point–Adam’s Cove–Blackhead–Broad Cove
• Town of Salmon Cove
• Unincorporated area of Western Bay
• Unincorporated area of Kingston
• Unincorporated area of Perry’s Cove
• Unincorporated area of Ochre Pit Cove
• Unincorporated area of Burnt Point-Gull Island-Northern Bay

Current Evacuation Alerts

• Local Service District of Freshwater
• Unincorporated area of Job’s Cove
• Town of Victoria

Revised Evacuation Advisory

• Access to cabin areas in Rushy Pond Road, Martin Lake Road, and Miguels Lake Road will remain closed and remain under an evacuation advisory. All other cabin access areas off the Bay d’Espoir Highway (Route 360) will be open effective 8:00 a.m, Monday, August 18.

Wildfire Information

Kingston
Crews at the Kingston wildfire report a good day with progress made through aerial and ground suppression efforts. There has been no significant growth.

Light winds created smoky conditions; however, water bombers were still able to action the western edge of the wildfire. Light-capacity helicopters and Ontario ground crews worked the southern area, including a flare up on Pickle Ridge. Towards the northern edge of the wildfire, four heavy-capacity helicopters worked the fire’s edge (one S61, one Super Puma, two Black Hawks). Ground crews and local fire departments were also in the area working in and around structures.

The Canadian Armed Forces completed additional hot spot scanning and will carry on with this work tomorrow.

Though the Kingston wildfire continues to be active, crews are feeling positive about work completed today. Tomorrow, the Incident Management Team will repeat today’s suppression efforts with air and ground crews actioned to priority areas.

Paddy’s Pond
Fuel break construction and ground suppression has helped to contain the Paddy’s Pond wildfire with boundaries continuing to hold.

Today, ground crews, the St. John’s Regional Fire Department, the Canadian Armed Forces and 20 firefighters from British Columbia completed hot spot monitoring and their work will continue tomorrow.

Martin Lake
The Martin Lake wildfire remains active with the size still approximately 1770 hectares. Weather conditions in the area today allowed four water bombers, a bird bog, and bucketing helicopters to continue suppression.

Ground crews continued their work on structure protection in cabin areas and suppression along the southwest boundary.

Re-opening of the Bay d’Espoir Highway (Route 360)
Effective tomorrow, Monday, August 18, the Provincial Government will re-open the Bay d’Espoir Highway (Route 360), which had previously closed with limited access due to the wildfire near Martin Lake.

Traffic will resume normal flow starting at 8:00 a.m. in the area between the Sunday Pond Resource Road to the Cat Brook turnaround area.

Temporary Restriction on all Off-Road Vehicles on Forested Land Extended
Following a review of current wildfire conditions, the restriction on all off-road vehicles on forested land has been extended. It will remain in effect until 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, August 20, 2025, when it will be reviewed based on the forecasted wildfire index and fire behaviours.

This temporary restriction applies to all off-road vehicles travelling on, through or near forested lands in areas where the Fire Weather Index is classified as either high, very high, or extreme. Forested land includes land with trees and shrubs, dry marsh or bogland. It also includes trails and forest roads that are surrounded by forest land.

The Fire Hazard Map can be found here. As the province is currently under a province-wide fire ban, please click on the ‘hide fire bans’ button on the top of the map to view the fire weather index for the day. This map is updated daily at 2:00 p.m. NST.

An off-road vehicle includes:

• an all-terrain vehicle, including a side-by-side
• a mini-bike, dirt-bike and trail-bike
• a miniature vehicle, such as a dune or sport buggy
• an off-road maintenance machine
• an amphibious vehicle
• a motorized snow vehicle

Provincial Parks Information
The wildfire mitigation efforts announced by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation on August 15, will remain in place until at least Wednesday, August 20. For more information, please visit: www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2025/tcar/0815n03/

Other Important Information
Please visit: www.gov.nl.ca/alerts for more information on the following:

• Education
• Reception centre information
• Emergency financial assistance
• Health care, mental health
• Air quality
• Water quality

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