{"id":57741,"date":"2025-08-15T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=57741"},"modified":"2025-08-15T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T21:45:00","slug":"pilot-rescued-after-crashing-into-long-lake-fighting-wildfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=57741","title":{"rendered":"Pilot rescued after crashing into Long Lake fighting wildfire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56501&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ANNAPOLIS COUNTY:<\/strong> The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirmed late Friday afternoon that one of its helicopters crashed in shallow water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The helicopter was working the Long Lake wildfire in Annapolis County when it crashed at approximately 4:24 p.m. August 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pilot was conscious and talking with firefighters who quickly reached the aircraft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56376&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>By 6 p.m. he was rescued from his aircraft and taken for medical assessment.<br><br>&#8220;Out of respect for the pilot\u2019s privacy, the department is not releasing his name,&#8221; said DNR in a release to media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transport Canada investigates all aircraft incidents and has been informed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The department will cooperate fully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56530&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56509&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS COUNTY: The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirmed late Friday afternoon that one of its helicopters crashed in shallow water. The helicopter was working the Long Lake wildfire in Annapolis County when it crashed at approximately 4:24 p.m. August 15. The pilot was conscious and talking with firefighters who quickly reached the aircraft. ADVERTISEMENT: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[8676,1208,8636,2488,8999,48,9000,4046],"class_list":["post-57741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-annapolis-county","tag-dnr","tag-forest-fire","tag-helicopter-crash","tag-long-lake-wildfire","tag-n-s","tag-water-bomber","tag-wildfires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}