SMALL POINT-ADAM'S COVE-BLACKHEAD-BROAD COVE - People in Newfoundland returned on Friday to communities hardest hit by a massive wildfire, in some cases finding nothing left of their homes but concrete foundations and still-standing chimneys.
The Newfoundland and Labrador government lifted the last of its evacuation orders in Conception Bay North, allowing residents of Western Bay, Ochre Pit Cove, and Northern Bay to go home. People could be seen walking slowly around their blackened properties, wiping tears from their eyes.