WEATHER PARRSBORO NOVA SCOTIA CANADA UPDATE

WEATHER PARRSBORO NOVA SCOTIA CANADA UPDATE

The next update on the Halifax-area fires is expected Friday at 9 a.m. 'This is important, this is about keeping each other safe, it's about helping out firefighters attend to the emergencies that are impacting all of us,' Meldrum said. Meldrum said Halifax Fire will be doing more to enforce the provincewide burn ban that is in effect. He said firefighters are now being directed to report illegal burns to the fire prevention division so it can be followed up for enforcement, which likely means summary offence tickets to people who are not following the rules. Meldrum said wet towels were being used to help cool crew down because of the heat. 'It's so terribly dry right now, it's a significant challenge,' Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Deputy Chief David Meldrum said in an update with reporters at 5 p.m. Halifax Fire officials said crews also had to respond to multiple motor vehicle collisions on Thursday. In addition to the large fire impacting the communities of Upper Tantallon, Hammonds Plains and Pockwock - which is currently 50 per cent contained - new fires erupted at the Waegwoltic Club in south-end Halifax and in wooded areas off Prospect Road and Perrin Drive in Waverley. Multiple fires throughout the Halifax area kept crews busy on Thursday afternoon as temperatures soared above 30 C and an 837-hectare wildfire in a suburb burned for a fourth day. It's our low-bandwidth, text-only website. On Tuesday, 800 residents of Fort Chiepwyan in northern Alberta had to be airlifted to safety as fires bore down on the remote hamlet.Įarlier this month, wildfires in Alberta burned nearly one million hectares (2.74 million acres) of forests and grasslands, and at one point, displaced 30,000 people.If the power or data on your device is low, get your wildfire updates on CBC Lite. In recent years, western Canada has been hit repeatedly by extreme weather, including floods and mudslides, forest fires that destroyed an entire town, and record-high summer temperatures that killed more than 500 people in 2021. Government data shows a decline in the number of wildfires in Canada since the 1980s, likely due to improved fire prevention.īut the past decade also saw more disastrous wildfires scorching a lot more land and displacing many more people – problems set to worsen with climate change. Houston announced a ban on all activities in Nova Scotia forests, including hiking, camping, fishing, hunting, the use of off-road vehicles and logging, and on Wednesday increased the fine for violating the burn ban to about $18,000 (25,000 Canadian dollars). “People are understandably tired, frustrated and frightened,” said Halifax Mayor Mike Savage, adding that “some have no home to return to”. Hot dry weather was forecast Thursday, with rain predicted for late Friday. Smoke from the wildfires blew down the Atlantic coast, prompting air quality alerts for the US state of New Jersey and parts of Pennsylvania, including the Philadelphia area.ĭavid Meldrum of the Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency, pointing to record-high temperatures forecast this week, warned of “a prolonged operation” to bring under control a large fire northwest of the port city that has displaced more than 16,000 residents. They have so far destroyed or damaged more than 200 homes and other structures, including a wooden bridge, but no injuries have been reported. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the wildfires “heartbreaking” and promised unlimited support.Īs of late Wednesday, 14 wildfires were burning in Nova Scotia, including three out of control. Houston said he has also asked for the military to help out. “Unprecedented resources are being used because these fires are unprecedented.”Īlready, additional kits have been shipped in from Ontario, and a dozen water bombers from neighbouring regions and the Coast Guard joined efforts to douse the flames and assist with evacuations. “We’re in a crisis in the province and we want and we need and we will take all the support we can get,” Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston told a news conference on Wednesday, asking for assistance.

The formal request for help will allow the government to provide additional resources, he said. Wildfires that have already forced thousands in the eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia to evacuate continued to burn on Thursday, causing poor air quality hundreds of kilometres away as smoke drifted south across the United States border.įederal help was coming, officials said, along with about 100 firefighters from the US, after local authorities appealed for outside assistance.Ĭanada’s federal government had already “provided airlifts, aerial surveillance, crew comfort trailers, and food at the emergency shelters”, Sean Fraser, a cabinet minister and parliament member from Nova Scotia, said on Twitter on Thursday.

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