Firefighters continue to battle hot spots from a fire near a Halifax business park and officials said Tuesday afternoon they weren't prepared to declare it extinguished just yet.

Fire crews resumed battling the blaze near Bayers Lake early Tuesday morning after it broke out on Monday.

The fire is about six hectares in size and officials with the Department of Natural Resources said someone most likely started it by accident.

Feeling the forest for hidden fires

Dave Steeves of Natural Resources said they had 11 people in the woods this morning. Halifax Fire sent seven people out.

"Their objectives today were to re-enforce the initial attack lines that we established last night. We do have a hose line around the perimeter of the fire, so the fire is not growing," he said.

"We're hoping the weather is going to work in our favour and give us a chance to make some significant ground today."

Fire crews were on hands and knees feeling the forest floor to find any hot spots. Steeves said the time-consuming work is tiring and won't likely be complete for a few days.

"When it comes to any type of wild-lands situation, fire can hide in some pretty dark places: under rocks, under roots," he said. "Right now we're in our mop-up phase."

Crews took a supper break late in the afternoon and planned to be on site until dark.

Halifax Fire tweeted that DNR would have crews on scene until there was a significant amount of rain.

The fire bordered on power lines that are some of the main lines carrying electricity across the province. Nova Scotia Power said clear-cutting around the power lines helped starve the fire of material to burn, helping to contain it.

No-burn order in place

The dry, hot weather has Mainland Nova Scotia under a no-burn order, while Cape Breton has restrictions on when people can start fires. Brush burning and campfires are allowed there only between seven at night and eight in the morning.

There is a high risk of wildfires in most of the province.