While crews continue to fight the Paddy's Pond wildfire, the regional state of emergency in Conception Bay South, Paradise, Southlands and Galway, has been lifted, along with the evacuation alert for those areas, said the Department of Justice and Public Safety in a public advisory Saturday afternoon. 

Meanwhile, a new evacuation alert has been issued as the wildfire burning in Conception Bay North continues, affecting the residents of the local service district of Freshwater.

The province issued…