Nova Scotia’s largest wildfire has grown as firefighters continue to deal with stronger winds forecast for the province’s Annapolis Valley.
Officials from the Department of Natural Resources said wind shifts that resulted late Friday as Hurricane Erin passed well off the coast of the province, saw the Long Lake fire spread west.
The blaze, which had earlier been slightly over 32 square kilometres in size, grew to 32.5 kilometres in area as of late Saturday afternoon.
“We did have the hurricane affect us a little bit yesterday, but we did get through that better than we thought,” said Jim Rudderham, director of fleet and forest protection….