Firefighting efforts continue in Atlantic Canada as large storm passes offshore

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Department of Natural Resources says a large wildfire in the Annapolis Valley remains out of control and is still estimated at more than 32 square kilometres in size.

In a social media post today, the department says conditions look promising to continue to make progress on the Long Lake fire before winds are expected to pick up again from a large storm well offshore.

Officials say department firefighters are being assisted by 62 firefighters from Ontario and 42 local volunteer firefighters along with six helicopters, six planes and 30 heavy equipment operators.

In Newfoundland and Labrador, officials say aerial suppression efforts with helicopters are continuing today on the Kingston wildfire in Conception Bay North.

They say provincial ground crews are on site