Oak Island on fire!

Drama on Oak Island - News that fire broke out yesterday with three fire departments and a helicopter being deployed.

Those who were at Explore Oak Island Days last year and saw the new drill holes will know the area which caught alight.

Oak Island resident Garnette Blankenship explains

'They had not been burning since last Sat. and they burnt in the rain,.so we are not sure what happened yet. They always had a genorator out back with a pump to soak the fire at the end of the night. They are still investigating.We were so lucky Dan and Rick had been out there and came in around 1:30 and no smoke ,thank god Rick had people coming and they went back out with in the hour and it was burning bad'.

Watch a video of the fire crew on Oak Island - http://southshorenow.ca/newsnowclips/play.php?vid=587