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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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Update via the wildfire that broke out in Baxter’s Harbour per DNR: The small wildfire that started at Baxters Harbour on Saturday evening was brought under control yesterday morning. Estimated size is 0.1 hectare. Many thanks to the crews for this quick work and for the ongoing work to extinguish it fully. Photo via Canning […]
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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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The Lake George wildfire is still out of control and grew slightly yesterday to an estimated at 267 hectares. No reports of damage to structures. Crews were successful in preventing larger growth despite dry windy conditions yesterday and will give it their best effort again today to protect homes and other structures. Resources today include […]
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The Lake George wildfire is still out of control and estimated at 250 hectares. No reports of damage to structures at this time. Dry windy conditions continue to be a challenge and may cause the fire to spread. Crews working hard to protect homes and other structures. Two crews from BC – totaling 40 firefighters […]
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The Lake George Wildfire still estimated at 250 hectares. Attached is the fire zone area and the current evacuation area. Map via Department of Natural Resources.
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The Lake George Wildfire is still out of control and grew slightly yesterday to an estimated 250 hectares compared to its previous report of 245 hectares. There are no reports of damage to structures at this time, additional fire crews from Greenwich & Nictaux volunteer fire departments have since been called to the scene, since […]
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Hundreds of homeowners and seasonal residents have been forced from their properties and remain evacuated as the Lake George Wildfire continues to burn out of control. The fire broke out on Sunday, September 28th, just a few kilometres from the Fox Mountain Campground, off of a new fire road on the west side of Aylesford […]
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