Nova Scotia hopes forecast rain will help contain largest wildfire on record
by Associated Press in Halifax from World news | The Guardian on (#6C15K)
Huge Barrington Lake fire now considered province's largest wildfire but wet weather expected from Friday into next week
Rain on Friday and a rainy forecast for the weekend have fire officials hopeful they can get the largest wildfire ever recorded in Canada's Atlantic coast province of Nova Scotia under control.
That wildfire and three others in the province have prompted air quality warnings in US regions as far south as Virginia and Maryland.
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