Firefighters from Annapolis Valley departments and the Department of Natural Resources were battling a blaze near Lake George on Sunday night.

The Aylesford and District Volunteer Fire Department got a call at 4:09 p.m. about the fire which engulfed an unknown amount of forest land on the shores of the Kings County lake, said Wayne Atwater, who's with the department.

No homes or cottages have been damaged or destroyed, he said.

By 8 p.m., the fire was under control, he said.

There is still no word on how it started or how large of an area it covered.

Firefighters from Aylesford, Kingston, Kentville, Middleton and Waterville were called to the scene.