Unprecedented Nova Scotia wildfires have evacuees fearing what awaits them
Unprecedented Nova Scotia wildfires have evacuees fearing what awaits them

By Michael Tutton and Michael MacDonald THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX- As an unprecedented string of wildfires in Nova Scotia continued to burn out of control Wednesday, thousands of residents forced to flee their homes spent a fourth day wondering what their neighbourhoods will look like when they return home. Fire officials were hoping for a break in the dry, windy weather, but the forecast did not call for any rainfall until Friday night. As of Wednesday, there were three out-of-control wildfires in Nova Scotia and about 21,000 people forced from their homes by mandatory evacuation orders. In the Halifax area, fire officials said 200 structures, including 151 homes, had been destroyed by a fire that started Sunday in a suburb northwest of downtown. Joe Benvie, one of 16,000 Halifax-area evacuees,

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