The weather across the Big Land will turn much cooler overnight, and wind speeds will slacken behind a cold front. The combination of these two things, plus the rain, should allow firefighters to get a better handle on the fire burning near Churchill Falls.
That fire burned as far north as the reservoir north of the airport last night, and even crossed the airport. Somehow no structures were damaged as the fire moved over the field.
I was able to compile the images from the webcam at the airport in Churchill Falls that show the smoke moving in, fire approaching, and subsequently moving over the airport grounds yesterday evening and last night.Hopefully we will get more good news tomorrow as crews continue to battle the fire. There also more good news earlier today in that Labrador West has now had their power restored. Wabush was without power for nearly 24 hours.
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