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About 16,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes, most of them about a 30-minute drive northwest of the port city’s downtown.
Nova Scotians are sharing terrifying videos of an uncontained wildfire that ravaged parts of suburban Halifax and other areas in the province.
Fire officials say the wildfire remained stable overnight, but they warned the return of dry, windy conditions Tuesday could lead to a “reburn” in evacuated subdivisions.
Halifax deputy fire Chief David Meldrum told a news conference that firefighters spent the night extinguishing hot spots in neighbourhoods where 200 homes and structures have been damaged since the fire started Sunday.
Since then, about 16,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes, most of them about a 30-minute drive northwest of the port city’s downtown.
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