2025 Canadian Wildfire Season: July 23rd update, Musgrave Harbor and Chance Harbour Wildfires

I just went to the Wildfire Dashboard on the Newfoundland and Labrador Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture Website to check the size of the Chance Harbour (1800 hectares) and the Ragged Harbour (1,660 hectares) Wildfires, there is no change in the size of either fire since I wrote about these wildfires on July 21st I am pretty certain, but I could be wrong, that the Chance Harbour Wildfire is what is also referred to as the Musgrave Harbour Wildfire as it does appear to be burning near Musgrave Harbor.

I understand from the July 22nd evening report on The Telegram  that there has been some rain in the area of these two wildfires. Mandatory evacuation orders for residents of Musgrave Harbour remained in place. Groundcrews continue to work these fires with the aid of aerial support. The Chance Harbour and the wildfire burning near Musgrave Harbour are only 100 kilometers apart, both fires are still considered out of control. 

According to this July 22nd news release on the Musgrave Harbor Wildfire from the Government of Newfundland and Labrador there continue to be road closures in the area and this report confirms that evacuations remain in place.

I have been doing my best to monitor these two large wildfires burning in Newfoundland, and I won’t post another update until conditions change.