Emergency crews continue to fight wildfire east of Churchill Falls
Fire is moving east, away from the town
Emergency crews continue to fight a wildfire burning near Churchill Falls Thursday morning.
In an early morning update, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary said that traffic is able to pass on the Trans-Labrador Highway, east of the community, after closing a stretch of the road Wednesday evening.
The RNC says it will continue to monitor risk to public safety.
Churchill Falls resident Robert Dawe kept his camera on the fire Wednesday evening, live streaming updates to Facebook. (Submitted by Robert Dawe)
Meanwhile, the Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay issued a fire ban early Wednesday morning. The town's fire department says it will be keeping an eye on the conditions and will have an update with the ban is lifted.
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro says the fire continues to move east, away from the town, and that fire teams are mobilizing again in the morning.
There was a brief power outage in the community Wednesday evening, along with towns in Labrador West. Hydro says the reason was because it had to switch the town's power distribution to another feeder after a pole line was damaged and taken out of service.
The provincial government's fire hazard map shows that western portions of Labrador were at higher risk of fire as of Wednesday evening. (Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture)
The company says power lines into Labrador City and Wabush remain in service and it will continue to monitor the situation closely. An update is expected later on Thursday.
Churchill Falls resident Robert Dawe posted videos of the fire on Facebook as the situation worsened Wednesday night.
On Thursday morning, Dawe told CBC News that helicopters and waterbombers are active.
"I was feeling sick to my stomach. My knees were weak. I was anxious, but I I felt that I needed to capture [this] as safely as I could," he said.
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This article, written by Abby Cole, was originally published for CBC News. With files from Labrador Morning.