Fire investigation could prompt change on new home builds
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Fire investigation could prompt change on new home builds
Description
March 1, 2019
On February 19, seven children from the same Syrian refugee family were killed in a devastating house fire. Investigators are still in the early stages of trying to figure out how the fire started and why it spread so quickly. As Ross Lord reports, materials and techniques used to build new homes can make them more prone to burning faster than older homes.
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Walmart employee death: Mother was one to find woman dead in oven, Sikh society says01:59 | October 24, 2024
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‘I will find the peace once I set my final exit date’: Nova Scotia women hosts her own living funeral02:05 | October 8, 2024
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‘Example of service and dedication’: Nova Scotia honours 1st Black person to win Victoria Cross01:56 | February 19, 2024
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Maritimes snowstorm: Rural communities plea for more aid in cleanup01:57 | February 6, 2024
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Nova Scotia storm: Extra snow plows brought in following ‘Snowmageddon 2024’01:50 | February 5, 2024
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NS woman campaigns Canada Post to recognize war veteran drag performer01:54 | January 15, 2024
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Storms deliver powerful blast of winter weather across Eastern Canada02:05 | January 10, 2024
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Cultured coffee: Researchers release recipe for lab-grown java01:57 | January 3, 2024
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Calls for transparency in Nova Scotia wildfire probe amid ‘rumours and heresay’02:05 | January 2, 2024
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Canada housing crisis: Homelessness conference searches for solutions02:02 | November 8, 2023
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Carbon tax takes centre stage at premiers’ meeting in Halifax01:59 | November 6, 2023
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Rent too high in Canada for minimum wage earners: report01:40 | July 18, 2023
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The 1 million club: Nova Scotia’s population approaches milestone01:54 | November 26, 2021
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Fire investigation could prompt change on new home builds02:30 | March 1, 2019
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Nova Scotia election: Why are abortion rights being brought up?02:09 | November 13, 2024
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How Halifax’s history is slowly fading01:58 | November 12, 2024
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Atlantic Canada’s first marine mammal necropsy lab opens in N.S.01:49 | October 29, 2024
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Walmart employee death: Mother was one to find woman dead in oven, Sikh society says01:59 | October 24, 2024
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‘I will find the peace once I set my final exit date’: Nova Scotia women hosts her own living funeral02:05 | October 8, 2024
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Fire investigation could prompt change on new home builds
Description
March 1, 2019
On February 19, seven children from the same Syrian refugee family were killed in a devastating house fire. Investigators are still in the early stages of trying to figure out how the fire started and why it spread so quickly. As Ross Lord reports, materials and techniques used to build new homes can make them more prone to burning faster than older homes.
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