Why fire risk is already high this summer — despite a snowy winter and cool June for parts of N.L. | Page 10 | Unpublished
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Publication Date: July 10, 2026 - 07:30

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Why fire risk is already high this summer — despite a snowy winter and cool June for parts of N.L.

July 10, 2026

A drought in 2025 contributed to Newfoundland and Labrador's current wildfire challenge, according to Memorial University of Newfoundland biogeography professor Carissa Brown. Environmental conditions and long-term weather forecasting point to well above normal wildfire risk for most of the province.



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The entire City of Kimberley has been placed under an evacuation alert as an out-of-control wildfire burns west of the East Kootenay community. The Regional District of East Kootenay has issued a separate evacuation alert for 66 properties stretching west from Kimberley because of two separate fires.
July 19, 2026 - 23:12 | | CBC News - Canada