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<\/p>\nThe New Brunswick government\u00a0is asking everyone in the province to stay out of the woods.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As of 12:01 a.m. Sunday, all Crown land is closed. That means no fishing, camping or hiking, no vehicles in the woods. Trail systems are closed and camping is only allowed in campgrounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There is also a ban on all\u00a0forestry operations such as harvesting, forwarding, skidding, scarification and\u00a0chipping.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Come out of the woods, stay out of the woods until it’s safe for everyone,” Premier Susan Holt said in\u00a0a Saturday afternoon news conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The new restrictions come as Environment Canada issued heat warnings that are scheduled to last until Wednesday for much of the province. New Brunswick, like the rest of Atlantic Canada, has been dealing with hot, dry weather for weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The\u00a0order applies to\u00a0all forested Crown land, but private landowners are asked to follow the same rules to keep everyone safe.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u2018Get out of the woods,\u2019 NB premier asks as wildfires threaten province<\/p>\n
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt and other officials are asking people in the province to stay out of the woods and be extremely cautious amid high fire hazard levels, with one fire already burning.<\/p>\n
Unlike Nova Scotia<\/a> and Newfoundland<\/a>, New Brunswick has not imposed increased fines for people who violate\u00a0the restrictions.<\/p>\n Holt said she hopes that step won’t be necessary.<\/p>\n “We know New Brunswickers want to protect our\u00a0woods and forests,” she said. “Should that change, then we’ll revisit the question of fines.”<\/p>\n A wildfire that broke out earlier in the week on Oldfield Road, about 16 kilometres north of Miramichi, nearly doubled in size on Saturday, going from 160 hectares in the morning to approximately 240 hectares by 3 p.m.,\u00a0said Natural Resources Minister John Herron.<\/p>\n Herron called the fire “beyond control.” He said it is in a classification that it cannot be controlled currently no matter what resources are thrown at it.<\/p>\n No structures have been damaged in the fire thus far but officials are knocking on doors to warn nearby cottage owners.\u00a0<\/p>\n Highway 8 near Miramichi between Route 450 and Oldfield Road is currently closed as a result of the fire. Russellville Road and McHardy Road are also closed with diversions in place.<\/p>\n Herron\u00a0said the province is experiencing an extraordinary\u00a0drying trend due to less precipitation than usual.\u00a0<\/p>\n Any spark can quickly turn into a serious fire, and\u00a0fires in these weather conditions need to be confronted within the first five to 10 minutes, he said.<\/p>\n “This is an extraordinary situation that requires extraordinary measures.”<\/p>\n “Follow the fire ban and don’t even toss that cigarette out the window,” Justice Minister\u00a0Rob McKee said at the news conference.<\/p>\n McKee said every household needs to have an evacuation plan in place\u00a0along with an\u00a0emergency preparedness kit or a pre-packed backpack readily available.\u00a0<\/p>\n The entire province including provincial parks remains under a burn ban.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I know it can be frustrating to think, look, I just want to go for a walk in the woods with my dog. But if those woods become a forest fire then you are now at risk and your dog is now at risk,” said Holt.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Large](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fire-near-miramichi.jpg\")
The fire near Miramichi spans approximately 240 hectares as of Saturday afternoon, said the Province. (Government of New Brunswick\/Facebook)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fire-near-miramichi-2.jpg\")
Province says the fire near Miramichi is out of control. (Government of New Brunswick\/Facebook)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fire-near-miramichi-3.jpg\")
Highway 8 near Miramichi between Route 450 and Oldfield Road remains closed due to the forest fire. (Government of New Brunswick\/Facebook)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Brunswick government\u00a0is asking everyone in the province to stay out of the woods.\u00a0 As of 12:01…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":132805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-132804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115001139168338408","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}