Tantallon Wildfire

• Meet 2 Halifax firefighter heroes. Even PM Trudeau came calling

  Two Halifax firefighters are being honoured for driving through "a wall of fire" to rescue an elderly man during the wildfire evacuations.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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  Jun 7
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• ‘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.

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  Jun 6
• 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.

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  Jun 5
• N.S. wildfires: Some evacuations lifted; Shelburne blaze remains out of control

  Some people who were forced to evacuate due to a wildfire in the Halifax area can return home as some areas begin to reopen after the devastation.

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  Jun 5
• ‘Under control’: Wildfire in the Halifax area 100% contained, officials say

  The province announced on Sunday that the fire in Tantallon, which destroyed about 200 buildings and caused thousands to evacuate, is now under control.

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  Jun 4
• Canadian soldiers, American firefighters now battling blazes in Nova Scotia

  Members of the Canadian military, along with several American firefighters, arrived in Nova Scotia on Saturday to assist in the continued fight to contain several wildfires.

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  Jun 4
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• ’85 per cent contained’: Rain offering helping hand for crews fighting wildfires in N.S.

  As consistent rainfall begins to assist firefighters' efforts in battling several wildfires throughout the province, only one remains out of control.

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  Jun 3
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• Halifax-area residents board buses to view dozens of homes destroyed by wildfires

  Scores of Halifax-area residents whose homes were destroyed by wildfires boarded buses Friday to get a look at what little remains of where they used to live.

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  Jun 2