Small wildfire near lumberyard in eastern Newfoundland started in bark pile

A wildfire that prompted evacuations in the area of Lethbridge, N.L., is shown in a Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, handout image after it broke out earlier in the day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Jessica O'Neill (Mandatory Credit)

LETHBRIDGE - A wildfire evacuation order has been lifted in the community of Lethbridge in eastern Newfoundland.

Some residents had been forced to leave their homes after a one-hectare fire started on Sunday in a bark pile near a lumberyard and spread to a nearby forest.

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