CP NewsAlert: Halifax wildfire still out of control, thousands forced from homes

By The Canadian Press on May 29, 2023.

A helicopter carrying water flies over heavy smoke from an out-of-control fire in a suburban community outside of Halifax that spread quickly, engulfing multiple homes and forcing the evacuation of local residents on Sunday May 28, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

HALIFAX – A wildfire that has damaged or destroyed dozens of homes in suburban Halifax is still burning out of control.

Halifax deputy fire Chief David Meldrum says an estimated 14,000 people were forced to flee their homes after the rapidly spreading fire broke out Sunday afternoon northwest of Halifax.

More coming.

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