A wildfire is burning in the community of East Port L’Hebert, Queens County is now being held, according to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
The post on social media from DNR was made just before 9 p.m., Wednesday, about one hour after it was still labelled as out of control.
As of 8 p.m., it was three hectares in size.
Earlier in the day the province had deployed its four new fixed wing air tankers and bird dog to battle the fire.
The blaze came on the heels of a heat warning for that area of the province.