Photos From Wildfire Response at Lake George, Kings County - October 2
The wildfire in the Lake George area of Kings County, near Aylesford, covers an estimated 250 hectares and has forced the evacuation of about 350 homes and cottages. Firefighters from the Department of Natural Resources, local volunteer firefighters, planes from Northwest Territories and Newfoundland and Labrador, contracted helicopters, heavy equipment operators and other agencies are all part of the firefighting effort. The photos below were taken Thursday, October 2.
More photos and video of the response are at: https://news.novascotia.ca/search/all?field_topics=333
Updates on the fire and the response are at: https://novascotia.ca/alerts/
Jeremy VanDenhof, left, and Graeme Sanford, both Berwick volunteer firefighters, fill the water bladders that the crews draw from. (Province of Nova Scotia)
Jo Laforce (on the truck) and Terry Blackwell, Aylesford volunteer firefighters, fill their tanker while a Newfoundland and Labrador plane prepares to scoop water from Lake George. (Province of Nova Scotia)
The charred landscape off Aylesford Road. (Province of Nova Scotia)
Planes from Newfoundland and Labrador scoop water from Lake George. (Province of Nova Scotia)
A CL415 plane from Newfoundland and Labrador (Province of Nova Scotia)
An AT 802 plane from Northwest Territories drops water on the Lake George wildfire. (Province of Nova Scotia)
Structure protection units at work at Lake George. (Province of Nova Scotia)
A sprinkler protects a structure off Aylesford Road. (Province of Nova Scotia)
DNR firefighters walk up a newly built fire break while a Newfoundland and Labrador plane drops a load of water on the Lake George wildfire. (Province of Nova Scotia)
DNR firefighter Elijah deCoste works on the fire break at the Lake George wildfire. (Province of Nova Scotia)
Heavy equipment operator Kent Eisner from Bridgewater brings in supplies for crews making the fire breaks. (Province of Nova Scotia)
An excavator works on a fire break at the Lake George wildfire. (Province of Nova Scotia)
DNR firefighter Garson Grady works on some hotspots at the Lake George fire. (Province of Nova Scotia)
DNR firefighter Garson Grady works the fire at Lake George. (Province of Nova Scotia)
A smoky burned area of the Lake George wildfire. (Province of Nova Scotia)