Crews battling Shag Harbour forest fire

A huge swath of southwestern Nova Scotia was listed in the extreme risk range for forest fires on Monday, July 23.

Published on July 23, 2012; Published on July 23, 2012
Greg Bennett

Topics :: Shag Harbour forest , Shelburne County

Volunteer firefighters and Natural Resources firefighting crews were tackling a forest fire near the Shag Harbour ball field on Monday afternoon. A helicopter had been called in to assist.

All of Shelburne County is in the extreme risk range for forest fires as the area has been without significant rain for several weeks.

Relief could come in the form of between 15-25 mm of rain forecast for Tuesday.

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