There have been about 50 grass fires in the industrial area of Cape Breton in the last 24 hours, fire officials report. CBC News · Posted: Mar 18, 2010 8:55 PM EDT | Last Updated: March 19, 2010.

It's turning out to be a busy spring for grass fires in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, with one volunteer fire department alone responding to more than 50 calls in the past few weeks.