SMALL POINT-ADAM'S COVE-BLACKHEAD-BROAD COVE — Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial fire duty officer says the largest of the province's out-of-control wildfires continued to gain ground Monday amid dry, windy conditions on the Avalon Peninsula.

Mark Lawlor said the fire in eastern Newfoundland started over a week ago near the coastal town of Kingston, N.L., and has since expanded to about 52 square kilometres along the northwestern shore of Conception Bay.

Lawlor said it was unclear how many homes or cabins in the area have been destroyed by the Kingston fire, which started Aug. 3.

"The area of the Kingston fire is very smoky, therefore visibility is limited," he said in an interview. "So it's difficult to get in and actually count the number of structures."

As of Monday afternoon,

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