The fires, both in January, claimed the lives of two men and three children. Both fires were accidental, said Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency in a statement posted to its website Tuesday. "January ...

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Halifax Fire assistant chief Jim Stymiest said the first fire on April 20 was a stovetop fire that caused damage to the ...

A Halifax Regional Fire captain who risked his own life to rescue an elderly man from an active wildfire zone says he was just doing his job — and doesn't consider himself a hero. A wildfire in ...

including 170 from the Halifax Regional Municipality, 32 from DNRR, and seven from the Department of National Defence. Thirty Halifax fire trucks are on scene, as well as two DNRR helicopters and ...

A post-incident analysis report is currently being conducted by Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency to examine their response to last year’s wildfires, which will be shared with the public upon ...

A Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency truck is shown at the wildfire command centre in Upper Tantallon, N.S., on Saturday. (Mark Crosby/CBC) The Haliburton Hills exit, which will connect the ...

The rapid escalation of the fire “was beyond typical operational contingencies” of Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency, the report said. All this has those who call the community home worried ...

More than 16,000 people have evacuated the region near Halifax, Nova Scotia. Wildfires burning in Canada continue to create hazardous air quality conditions in several states in the northern U.S ...

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