Mallory Slade News Today

Communities including Harbour Breton and the Miawpukek First Nation are watching their store shelves closely, as a raging forest fire keeps the main supply route into the region closed.

Three large wildfires in central Newfoundland are continuing to burn out of control, causing havoc for provincial resources as fire crews have been battling the blazes for nearly two weeks.

Despite efforts to open the Bay d'Espoir highway for the weekend, the provincial forest fire duty officer Jeff Motty says the worsening forest fire and increasingly hot weather has made the road unsafe for driving.