After a day of terrible setbacks, crews were back at the Long Lake wildfire Monday. Forestry and heavy equipment crews were clearing new fire breaks to replace the old ones that the fire jumped Sunday as it doubled in size to over 7,550 hectares. With damp air promising a bit of rain, wild land crews set up hose lines and put water on the flanks. …crews returned to pumps feeding sprinkler systems around homes and structures in West Dalhousie that they’d been forced to abandon … the day before as strong winds and low humidity fanned the flames into an inferno. “Despite best efforts … that fire responded as we thought it would to the weather yesterday,” said Jim Rudderham, director of fleet and forest protection for the Department of Natural Resources, on Monday afternoon. “That fire stood up and ran away. It’s a lot larger than it was. Many homes were saved. Some were lost.”

Additional coverage from the Government of Nova Scotia: Homes Damaged by Long Lake Wildfires