The Long Lake wildfires in western Nova Scotia continued to burn out of control on the weekend, but firefighters were reporting significant progress almost four weeks after the fire started.

The province’s Natural Resources Department issued a statement Sunday saying the fires south of Bridgetown had not grown beyond their 84-square-kilometre perimeter and there were no new reports of damage.

As well, the department said firefighters had finished surrounding the burned area with fire breaks, which includes areas carved from the woods with heavy equipment and the installation of water hoses in some locations.

As a result, firefighters were advancing toward the fires on the weekend, with some firefighters reaching up to 300 metres from the perimeter.

Though firefighters had to contend wi

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