ST. JOHN’S — Evacuees who fled a roaring wildfire near Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest city received a special donation Wednesday from a young musician.

Ten-year-old accordion player Zander Wright raised $121 while busking Tuesday outside a local convenience store south of St. John’s, the same day some residents of nearby Paradise, N.L., were told to evacuate their homes and businesses.

“I felt like it was the right thing to do, to donate and help people in the fire,” Wright said in an interview as he delivered his earnings to a reception centre for evacuees in Kelligrews, N.L.

Zander lives with his family in Conception Bay South, a town on the outskirts of the provincial capital that is under a state of emergency.

“Which means we could be called to evacuate at a moment’s notice,”

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