(Bay dEspoir Freeway via Department of Transportation.) The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture, Bay d’Espoir Highway – Route 360 - is closing for the day due to increasing amounts of smoke and deteriorating driving conditions. There will be an update from the department at 8am on Friday. Bay D’Espoir Highway (Route 360) is closed for the day due to increasing amounts of smoke and deteriorating driving conditions. An update will be provided tomorrow at 8:00 AM. #nltraffic #nlwx #GOVNL pic.twitter.com/RQIQWlrfwf — Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture NL (@FFA_GovNL) August 4, 2022 Older story The Quebec government is offering help as wildfires continue on the Bay D’Espoir highway. While the highway is back open to travel, provincial fire marshal Jeff Motty says if the winds blow out of the southwest, it’s likely to be closed again. He says winds will be out of the northeast this morning, but are forecast to change in the afternoon. Motty says our Labrador border neighbors are helping us, the same way this province helped in B.C. last year. He says they have four water bombers on deck today to put out, with reinforcements from Quebec coming in to handle any other fires coming from the central area. Bay d’Espoir Highway (Rt 360) is currently open. If you must go this route, proceed with caution. Drive slowly and don’t stop. #GovNL #nltraffic #nlwx pic.twitter.com/PRuCpkDMjk — Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture NL (@FFA_GovNL) August 4, 2022
