Coast guard pilot was fighting N.L. wildfires — and then fled from one himself

Canadian Coast Guard pilot Chris Rodway was fighting the Kingston wildfire last week when his own neighbourhood in Paradise was ordered to evacuate. (Zach Goudie/CBC)

Chris Rodway was flying over the Kingston wildfire in Conception Bay North last week when he was ordered to evacuate from his Three Island Pond home in Paradise.

"It was a bit of a rush to get out," Rodway told CBC News. "I was on the Kingston fire when they called the evacuation, so I switched out with another pilot."

The evacuation order for the Three Island Pond neighbourhood of Paradise was put in place last week after the Paddy's Pond wildfire threatened the area.

Rodway was in the middle of rescuing ground crews on the Kingston fire's western edge.

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