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Natural resources officials say high winds expected from Hurricane Erin make it difficult to determine how much longer it could take before the out-of-control Long Lake wildfire in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, is considered held. For the third straight day, the wildfire near the community of West Dalhousie was estimated Thursday to be 3,210 hectares or roughly 32 square kilometres. “Obviously with this weather system coming through, we don’t know [what will happen so the fire is] still classed as out of control. We don’t know where the fire is going to go. That’s why it’s not classified as being held yet,” Jim Rudderham, the department’s director of fleet and forest protection, told reporters during an update on Thursday afternoon. Hurricane Erin, which was a Category 2 storm on Thursday, is not expected to make landfall in Nova Scotia — but the province will likely feel its strong winds.