Soaring temperatures, dry conditions: Officials warn about fire risk in Nova Scotia
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Halifax firefighters are planning ahead after the wildfire that broke out in the Ostrea Lake area on Sunday.
With temperatures soaring and parts of Nova Scotia under a heat warning, officials are warning about the wildfire risks in the province.
Halifax firefighters are planning ahead after the wildfire that broke out in the Ostrea Lake area on Sunday.
“We’re going to have those drying conditions like we did over the weekend when the fire happened,” said Kara McCurdy, the wildfire mitigation manager for Halifax Regional Fire.
There has been minimal rainfall over the past week and humidex levels nearing 40.
McCurdy says she expects “unstable conditions” over the next few days.
“We had a little splash of rain on Sunday, which in some places, it was only two millimetres. And what people don’t understand is that that only impacted briefly,” she said.
“It takes only 12 hours for fuels to dry back up after a rain event.”
The longtime firefighter adds that there needs to be at least three days’ worth of steady rain for the ground to be fully saturated.
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