Firefighters from Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview are battling a new wildfire fire north of the Irishtown Nature Park near Moncton.

The rural community of Maple Hills, which includes Irishtown, has posted on its Facebook page that it is asking some residents to "take immediate steps to prepare for a possible evacuation." There is no evacuation order yet, but they are urging people to have personal belongings and pets ready to go.

The areas most at risk, according to a map posted by the community are those between Cape Breton Road to the North, Weisner Road to the east, Elmwood Drive to the west and Roma Way to the south.

As of 5 p.m. AT, the fire near McArthur Lane spanned 30 hectares and was listed as out of control, according to the provincial fire data dashboard. The fire was not liste

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