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The Lake George Wildfire remains out of control, covering an area of approximately 288 hectares since yesterday’s update by Department of Natural Resources. Despite heavy winds, crews have been able to get lots of work done and have been successful in minimizing growth to date. Crews have returned to the fire this morning and will […]
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Kings District RCMP responded to a report of a barricaded person at a residence in a rural area outside of Aylesford yesterday. Corporal Carlie McCann, Public Information Officer with the Nova Scotia RCMP, confirmed by email that general duty officers as well as members of support units including RCMP Police Dog Services and Nova Scotia […]
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⚠️ Lake George wildfire is still out of control. Despite hot, dry, windy weather, crews were successful yesterday in preventing growth beyond the current estimate of 288 hectares. They have the same goal today in the face of these challenging conditions. No structures lost to date, crews continue working hard to protect them. Resources available […]
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There have been a number of wildfires reported over the last week and a half in the Annapolis Valley. Full wood travel restrictions & burn restrictions remain in place in Annapolis County. While woods restrictions and burn restriction have been lifted for the remainder of the province. The Nova Scotia burn restrictions have been set to […]
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The Lake George Wildfire remains estimated at 288 hectares and still classified as out of control. Over the next few days will be the biggest challenges to date, for fire efforts, with increased southerly west winds gusting anywheres between 20-70 kilometres. These winds are expected to intensify throughout the day today and persist overnight into […]
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⚠️ Update FROM DNR: A hot spot at the Long Lake wildfire in West Dalhousie has flared up. We have flown over the area, the fire is still under control, there is no immediate risk to the community. With high temperatures, residents should expect to see more smoke again tomorrow. ————————— The West Dalhousie / […]
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The Lake George Wildfire is now estimated at 288 hectares and remains out of control. The fire continues to spread as a result of dry and windy conditions. There are still no reports of damage to structures, crews continue to have sprinkler protection in place and are keeping these maintained. Volunteer firefighters are working on […]
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Pictured is Aylesford & District Volunteer Fire Department, brush truck, responding back to the Lake George wildfire this morning, as smoke drifts across Aylesford Road in Morristown. The fire was last estimated to cover an area of 285 hectares and still remains classified as out of control. Numerous volunteer fire departments including, Aylesford, Brooklyn, Berwick, […]
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The Lake George Wildfire remains out of control and now estimated at 285 hectares in size. Short Recap: Aylesford firefighters and their substation Lake Paul responded to the wildfire on Sunday with mutual aid assistance from Berwick & Waterville Fire. The fire was called in by a plane flying over head on Sunday, September 28th. […]
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The Lake George Wildfire is now estimated at 285 hectares and still out of control. Crews worked extremely hard yesterday to limit growth despite dry, windy conditions. There have been no reports of damage to structures. Crews have added additional structural protection measures such as sprinklers and continue to do manual hydration (soaking down vegetation […]
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