Officials say the largest wildfire burning in Newfoundland and Labrador may have destroyed up to 100 homes and structures.

Thousands of people in Newfoundland and Labrador’s capital and elsewhere in the province are under evacuation alerts as wildfires continue to threaten communities. About 5,400 residents in two areas of St. John’s were told on Tuesday to be ready to leave their homes at a moment’s notice.

A winter with little snow, and the blazing summer that followed, have made the province especially susceptible this year