New BrunswickThe military is continuing to fight wildfires within Canadian Forces Base Gagetown. No risk to nearby communities, military saysSam Farley · CBC News · Posted: Oct 10, 2025 4:14 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours agoCrews are working to put out a wildfire at CFB Gagetown. (Ed Hunter/CBC)The military is continuing to fight wildfires within Canadian Forces Base Gagetown.A release on Thursday said there is currently no risk to nearby communities or Department of National Defence facilities or personnel.On Friday, another release said it was expected that by Saturday, firefighting crews on the base would stop the fire’s advancement. Crews, including airplanes, have been working on the fire, it said. Thursday’s release said the fire was approximately 100 hectares, but Friday’s release did not say how much the fire had grown. Heavy equipment is also being used to create fire breaks on the military base in rural New Brunswick between Fredericton and Saint John. The province’s wildfire dashboard website does not have any update on the fire size since Monday. The release did not say when the fire started, but the first post on social media from CFB Gagetown was on Monday.It also didn’t say where on the military base — Canada’s second largest — the fire is located. CBC News has been unable to reach a spokesperson for the base. The release asked people to avoid the area and not to fly drones in the area. A separate post on CFB Gagetown social media said the range training area is currently closed to all recreational and base use becasue of the wildfires. ABOUT THE AUTHORSam Farley is a Fredericton-based reporter at CBC New Brunswick. Originally from Boston, he is a journalism graduate of the University of King’s College in Halifax. He can be reached at sam.farley@cbc.ca
Military continues to battle wildfires at CFB Gagetown, no risk to nearby communities
