FOG BLOG CANADA NEWS LOG: FIRES CONTINUE TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL IN NEWFOUNDLAND!

Bay d'Espoir Highway closed for 2nd day as forest fire continues to burn out of control Family drives along fiery road, air ambulance services in place for medical emergencies Mallory Slade, her partner and her three children drove along the Bay d'Espoir Highway in Newfoundland while a forest fire burned nearby.

The only road in and out of Newfoundland's Connaigre Peninsula will stay closed until at least Monday evening, and firefighting crews are considering relocation as a forest fire continues to burn out of control near the Bay d'Espoir Highway.

Provincial forest fire duty officer Bryan Oke said wind and smoke conditions worsened Monday afternoon, and firefighters are considering relocating their staging area and trying to determine whether they need to start extracting crews.

Thousands of people have been cut off from the rest of the island since Sunday afternoon, when police closed the Bay d'Espoir Highway.

Three water bombers, a helicopter, pump unit and 12 firefighters are battling the flames, spanning 540 hectares or more than 1,300 football fields, near the Northwest Gander River bridge, about 40 kilometres south of the Trans-Canada Highway.

"The highway closure remains a priority for the department, and that would be the Paradise Lake fire and the Bay d'Espoir fire here in relative close proximity," said Oke.