Residents of Labrador City were ordered to evacuate on Friday night after a day of what forestry officials described as ‘extreme fire behaviour’
There was only one stop for gasoline for people fleeing a wildfire near Labrador City on Friday, and workers at Strickland’s Auto and Gas in Churchill Falls pulled an all-nighter to keep it open.
Residents of Labrador City were ordered to evacuate on Friday night after a day of what forestry officials described as “extreme fire behaviour.” Labrador City is home to about 7,450 people, and the town ordered them to head east to Happy Valley-Goose Bay, which is a six-hour drive along a remote, two-lane highway that cuts through the wilderness in the southern part of the region.
Churchill Falls was evacuated because of fires last month, and Michelin says people there were happy to help since they knew all too well what everyone from Labrador City was going through.
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