• Nova Scotia wildfire spreads to 240 hectares
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[url]http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/extremely-challenging-n-s-wildfire-spreads-to-240-hectares-1.3021085[/url] [quote] HALIFAX -- An out-of-control Nova Scotia wildfire grew about 100 hectares Monday evening to roughly 240 hectares, the province's Natural Resources department said Tuesday as crews from several provinces worked to contain the stubborn blaze. Department spokesman Jim Rudderham said crews had to be removed from the Seven Mile Lake area late Monday afternoon for their safety as water bombers kept dousing the blaze.[/quote] Well, shit.
For people who don't live in the Looney Toons world, a hectare is 100 square meters or 107,639 square feet. 240 hectares is 2.4 square kilometers or roughly 1 square mile.
Thankfully it's not as dry up here in Cape Breton, we're still on a fireban until all this over though
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