FREDERICTON — New Brunswick officials say they are cautiously optimistic as a wildfire burning in the province's southeast is responding to firefighting efforts.

A wildfire outside Moncton near Irishtown shrank to 0.45 square kilometres from about half a square kilometre on Monday — but is still considered out of control.

The other out-of-control wildfire, near Miramichi, N.B., has grown to about nearly 13.5 square kilometres overnight from about 11 square kilometres.

"It is a tale of two fires," Premier Susan Holt told reporters Wednesday.

"We are seeing promising results from the hard work of the firefighting teams on the fire in Irishtown. And while we have put dozens of people and air resources and others on the Miramichi fire that continues to grow."

The Irishtown wildfire is thr

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