The Long Lake wildfire in Annapolis County remains out of control and has grown to an estimated 1,977 hectares, according to the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

In an update posted to social media platform X just before 8 p.m. Sunday , the department said the wildfire had advanced past Godfrey Lake to the intersection of Fairns and West Dalhousie roads, near a number of homes that have been evacuated, and to the south side of Spectacle Lake.

The DNR said a large ground force of more than 200 firefighters — including 77 from the department, 120 local firefighters, 20 from Ontario and five from Prince Edward Island — were on the scene trying to save homes on Sunday night.

Two contracted helicopters were dropping water on the fire, and as of 7:45 p.m. local time, there

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