Evacuation Order is Lifted for Paddy’s Pond Industrial Area — August 15, 2025

Please be advised that the Evacuation Order for Paddy’s Pond Industrial Area, including Akita Equipment and surrounding buildings, hangers, Cochrane Pond Family Campground, Country Ribbon Chicken Farm, Sod Farm and the Forestry Depot, has been lifted effective immediately. Northern Pond Road, the southern portion of Fowlers Road and Paddy’s Pond Road have also reopened. The area remains subject to an evacuation alert.

An Evacuation Preparedness Alert remains in place for the Paddy’s Pond Industrial, Galway and Southlands areas. As the Paddy’s Pond fire is still considered active, residents are reminded to continue to be prepared to leave the homes on short notice.

The regional State of Emergency is still in place, and it enables the province to coordinate provincial and municipal services and access resources in the area to support the wildfires.

For the latest updates, continue to monitor our Emergency Alerts webpage at StJohns.ca/Alerts, as well as www.gov.nl.ca/alerts.