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NOVA SCOTIA — The Long Lake wildfire continued churning through forest land in Annapolis County on Sunday, reaching almost 2,000 hectares by early evening as additional firefighting crews were called to assist. The fire almost doubled in size from the previous estimate of 1,100 hectares Sunday morning. The call for more help reached to the eastern end of Kings County on Sunday evening as firefighters in Bridgetown called for assistance trying to protect structures. The fire department is working with the Department of Natural Resources, which has overall command of the fire. DNR said Sunday evening that the fire had advanced past Godfrey Lake to the intersection of Fairns and West Dalhousie roads on one side, and to the south side of Spectacle Lake on the other. By then there were more than 100 wildland firefighters from Nova Scotia, Ontario and Prince Edward Island working on the fires, along with 120 volunteer firefighters from southwest Nova Scotia.