Nova Scotia, an Atlantic province of Canada, is currently experiencing its largest wildfire in history, with the blaze raging on the southern tip of the province1.
Firefighters are struggling to control the fire, which has consumed around 20,000 hectares and produced flames reaching nearly 100m in height1. The fire has been described as “very fast moving” by Dave Rockwood, a spokesperson with the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources1. According to Lucas Brehaut, a wildfire researcher with the Canadian Forest Service, the fire is significantly larger than the average seen during an entire fire season in Nova Scotia1.
