{"id":143185,"date":"2025-08-13T19:45:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/143185\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T19:45:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:45:14","slug":"nova-scotia-a-tinderbox-houston-says-as-wildfire-worries-escalate-were-all-on-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/143185\/","title":{"rendered":"Nova Scotia a \u2018tinderbox,\u2019 Houston says as wildfire worries escalate. \u2018We\u2019re all on edge\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nova Scotia is so dry Premier Tim Houston is describing the province as a \u201ctinderbox\u201d as a wrath of wildfires take shape.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Houston\u2019s comments Wednesday come as firefighters continue to battle a blaze in the wooded area of Susies Lake, near the Bayers Lake Business Park in Halifax.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been dodging bullets. Think about it: 17 fires just in the last 24 hours, the province is a tinderbox. It\u2019s so easy for a fire to start right now. We haven\u2019t had any rain since June,\u201d he told reporters at a news conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all on edge, but thanks to the tireless efforts of the firefighters, so far there\u2019s not been any loss of life or any loss of structure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just before 11 a.m. Wednesday, NSDNR said the estimated size of the Susies Lake wildfire has reduced to about 15 hectares from its original size of about 25 to 30 hectares.<\/p>\n

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They also noted the wildfire is still out of control so the sizing could change.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tWildfire smoke can be seen near Susies Lake in Halifax.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n

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\u201cIn normal times, a fire crew might have somewhere in the vicinity of 20 to 25 minutes to get to a fire in the woods and try to get it controlled before it runs away. Under current conditions, it\u2019s more like five minutes or less,\u201d Houston said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSome of these things can just run away immediately, so obviously we\u2019re in a really tricky situation here in the province.\u201d<\/p>\n

Evacuations were ordered for several businesses<\/a> in the Bayers Lake Business Park on Tuesday afternoon. The area runs adjacent to a wooded area and was feeling the impact of the wildfire. However, local residents in homes were not told to evacuate.<\/p>\n

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