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Newfoundland itself for those who don't know Labrador is Newfoundland and Labrador lumped together. Labrador basically sits beside Quebec. It's part of the continent. Newfoundland is an island. Not part of the continent per se, but Newfoundland and Labrador are linked together. Wildfire situation there has been not great. The largest fire they have right now is the Adams Cove fire, also known as the Kingston fire. That one is 6,370 hectares. The next big one is Martin Lake. That's 290 hectares and Patties Pond. That's near the town of Paradise and that was 212 hectares. These are important fires because they've triggered numerous evacuations including basically on the edge of St. John's proper which is the biggest city in Newfoundland. So the areas that are currently or had evacuation orders in effect were Bay de Verre Peninsula, Small Point, Adams Cove, Blackhead, Broad Cove, Salmon Cove and several unincorporated areas which include Western Bay and Kingston. There's been a widespread regional state of emergency that's been declared for the town of Conception Bay South, the town of Paradise and parts of St. John's as I mentioned. So again wildfires do happen in Newfoundland but the last couple years have seen an unprecedented number of fires. This is something that would happen once every 10 years and now we've seen it three years in a row with substantial fires. So that's not good. That is definitely something that is out of the ordinary. Let me drop it.