Overview

• Provincial officials say the wildfire is estimated at 8,234 hectares and remains out of control, with evacuation orders covering 505 civic addresses and more than 1,000 people displaced.
• Twenty homes were confirmed destroyed on West Dalhousie and Thorne roads, and 11 outbuildings were reported lost or damaged as the province continues damage verification.
• Safety hazards such as active fire, heavy smoke and dangerous trees are still blocking full property assessments, so additional structure counts will follow when access is cleared.
• An Ontario incident-management team has taken the helm to relieve Nova Scotia crews, with additional firefighters and helicopters working the perimeter and focusing on the east side of Paradise Lake to protect Trout Lake and Albany.
• Air quality warnings extend as far as Halifax due to smoke, Nova Scotia Power reports damaged poles and has cut electricity to about 100 evacuated customers, and officials note 88 homes were protected by sprinklers with three losses among them.