More evacuations have been ordered and the Long Lake wildfire in Annapolis County, N.S., is growing due to strong winds and high temperatures, the Department of Natural Resources says.

Jim Rudderham, the department's director of fleet and forest protection, told reporters Sunday afternoon that weather conditions are working against the efforts of firefighters trying to bring the blaze in the West Dalhousie area under control.

"Everything in fire behaviour you don't want happening is happening today, so we have winds, high winds, we have no rain, we have high temperatures and low humidity," Rudderham said at a briefing on the fire.

An emergency alert issued after the beginning of the news conference said an evacuation order has been expanded to include homes on Morse Road between civic n

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