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Emergency centre set up in New Brunswick town

May 8, 2013, Kedgwick, N.B. – A reception centre has been set up in a community hall in a village in northwestern New Brunswick in case a forest fire forces people to flee their homes.

However, a spokesman for the provincial Department of Natural Resources says the fire has "subsided substantially" Tuesday night and there were no evacuations in Kedgwick, about 300 kilometres north of Fredericton.

A spokeswoman for the RCMP said earlier that some residents were being asked to evacuate because the fire was drawing dangerously close to the community.

Natural Resources official Charles Beaulieu said a meeting was held with residents Tuesday night to bring them up to speed on the situation and they returned to their homes.

Beaulieu says the fire covers about 75 hectares.

He says bulldozers planned to work around the community overnight and crews would be back working the fire in the morning.