Labrador City is home to about 7,450 people and is the second community in the region to be evacuated because of forest fires in as many months
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey says crews on the ground have been doing preliminary work around the perimeter of the fire, while water bombers from the province and Que bec attack it from above.
The premier held a news conference today from Halifax, where he says fire and emergency preparedness has been discussed at length during the three-day meeting of Canada’s premiers. Furey says the 14-square-kilometre blaze remains about six kilometres from the town and about one kilometre from the community’s landfill.All three mines in the area – Montreal-based Champion Iron Ltd. in Fermont, Que.; Toronto-based Iron Ore Co. of Canada in Labrador City; and Minnesota-based Tacora Resources Inc. in Wabush – are temporarily shut down because of the fire.
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