Halifax Wildfire

• Halifax looking into Hammonds Plains Road safety plan 5 months after wildfires

  Following the May fires, residents of the area began voicing their concerns about safety after many were stuck in traffic trying to access Hammonds Plains Road.

  Canada

  Oct 17
  
• How community concerns continue to linger after Halifax-area wildfire

  Questions still linger in a Nova Scotia neighbourhood ravaged by a wildfire nearly two months ago. 

  Canada

  Jul 21
  
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• Meet a N.S. family and their priceless treasures found in the wildfire rubble

  A vintage Campbell's soup bowl in one family's home not only survived the Halifax-area wildfire, it was salvaged last year from a cottage destroyed by Hurricane Fiona.

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  Jun 21
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• Justin Trudeau praises first responders during N.S. visit: ‘I’m here to say thank you’

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extended his thanks to firefighters and other first responders in the aftermath of the devastating wildfires that rocked the province this spring.

  Canada

  Jun 19
• More evacuation orders lifted, most residents in Halifax area to return after wildfire

  An emergency alert was sent out in Nova Scotia on Friday to notify more residents that it was safe to return home, after wildfires forced at least 16,000 people to evacuate.

  Fire

  Jun 9
• More evacuation orders to be lifted for Halifax area residents affected by wildfires

  Halifax Mayor Mike Savage said more evacuation orders will be lifted on Friday for residents in subdivisions that sustained the most damage during the wildfire.

  Fire

  Jun 8
• Rebuilding homes after Nova Scotia wildfires could take up to three years

  A construction industry leader said in an interview on Wednesday that it may take up to three years to rebuild the homes lost in the fires, due to an existing provincial backlog.

  Fire

  Jun 7
• ‘Many, many destroyed homes’: The devastation left by the wildfire near Halifax

  During a grim tour through through the most impacted area Tuesday, piles of charred rubble could be seen where houses once stood, with burned out cars parked in driveways.

  Canada

  Jun 6
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• Nova Scotia handing out free well-water test kits to those affected by wildfires

  The testing is necessary because the groundwater could be contaminated by residue from the fire, chemical fire retardants and fuel from ruptured tanks.

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  Jun 6
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• Halifax-area wildfire evacuees grateful to begin returning home

  About 4,886 residents are still displaced from evacuation areas after a wildfire in the Tantallon and Hammonds Plains areas forced more than 16,400 people from their homes.

  Canada

  Jun 5