New wildfire outside Halifax has some people on 30-minute evacuation notice

and we begin once again in the Halifax area, which now faces a double threat of

wildfire

. A second fire broke out yesterday just near the edge of the growing tantalan fire, forcing thousands of

people

to evacuate. What you're seeing here is the response to the The Bedford fire is burning just a few kilometers east of the tantalon fire, as I mentioned this is about 15

minute

s from Halifax and it's about six kilometers from the tantalon fire, so It's very close. Firefighters say Bedford's situation is looking good this morning for that particular fire, but conditions could change quickly and both fires could spread quickly in the Bedford community.

People are on alert to evacuate with only 30

minute

s

notice

and the tantalan fire remains a major danger. I was speaking this morning with the mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Mike Savage, who described the situation in the neighborhoods already affected by the tantalon fire. I got a chance to see

some

of the damage, the randomness of the fire, and as our deputy fire chief said yesterday at a press conference when asked, "Do you know what these houses are?" damaged uh or destroyed um I think what he said is they're gone this is not

some

thing that's going to be done in days or weeks maybe not even months it's uh these are communities that have changed Mayor Mike Savage, him and the firefighters They say this morning the threat from the tantalon fire remains too great for

people

to return home even briefly and there will be no change to the current

evacuation

zone, but they are having regular assessment meetings.

Here is the latest map showing the wide area affected by the tantalon fire, that purple blur that is the Bedford fire and again people are still on

evacuation

alert. These are not the only

wildfire

s burning out of control in Nova Scotia. A few minutes ago I was talking to the Premier of the Province about firefighting and what Nova Scotia needs now, the massive fire like the one in Shelburne, you really need air support, so anything from any resource you can know , drops water from the air, helps with surveillance, certainly on the ground, hoses, pumps, you know.

The list of things that would be useful and helpful is extensive, so we'll let you know those requests are coming in, but I think the bottom line is that we need some help now and we'll look to the federal government. the federal government knows that we need help and I hope they respond, so in part of the conversation that I just had with Prime Minister Tim Houston, he indicated that he already had a conversation this morning with the minister of intergovernmental affairs, Dominic LeBlanc, and that there will be formal requests for various forms of assistance we will take you live to the command center in Upper 10 Talon Brett Ruskin has been there all morning again live with me as those officials gave the latest fire updates good news bad news scenario again Brett what do you think they are? the main takeaways from this morning, well, that's right, kind of a combination of message updates, we know that the Bedford fire that sent hundreds of people fleeing late last night, uh, between five, six and seven in the afternoon, also because the fire broke out.

The evacuation

notice

was then lifted. People could come back if they wanted, with the understanding that they might have to leave again with 30 minutes' notice, as we heard that officials were feeling good about the fire, so we'll have to keep an eye on that. The fire here, the tantalan fire, they are seeing an increase in size to around 837 hectares, versus 788 hectares which may have been a more progressive gradual increase over the last 36 48 hours because the way they measure it has to do with with having a helicopter released instead of dropping water to go around the entire perimeter of the fire to make that calculation for the last update 837 hectares, that is the size of the fire here now the evacuation orders are still in force the evacuation borders are also still in force a Although people want to return to their homes or see what is left, what is standing, what is not standing in these communities.

Chief Dave Meldrum talked about that at the press conference a little while ago. Yes, let me make it very clear that we are not changing the evacuation zone at this time. I can't say if there will be any changes today. I would recommend that everyone anticipate given the weather forecast we have. I wouldn't be making plans for a re-entry today if we could do it. It would be great if we did, and again, that's the last update we were hoping for, the possibility or re-evaluation by 9am. m. today about whether the evacuation zone could be changed.

Not the case, there is no change to the evacuation zone, the more than 16,000 people who are outside their homes, as well as at least 2,000 people outside their homes in the Barrington area, where the fires are now reaching a size record of 20,000 hectares, they still exist, there is the same evacuation border, there is the same evacuation area. On those two fires, Heather, it was interesting for Brett to hear the premier tell me a few moments ago that this is probably going to become the largest fire ever recorded in the history of Nova Scotia and it's specifically that Barrington fire that they're going to ask the federal government some help.

Air support to try to control the enormous amount of hectares that it has continued to consume. The prime minister's message was clear in that videotaped message also to the people of Nova Scotia: "Don't burn things you're not allowed to." being in a wooded area are you doing any type of activity right now there are provincial bans in place what are the most important messages you're hearing from officials to the public right now Brett yeah, to expand on what Premier Houston was saying I had mentioned at that press conference at yesterday's briefing that six fires had been reported that were lit campfires or backyard fires or background fires that, despite the total ban on fires, he said the fires must be stopped and in response to that now in response to the dry conditions across the province, he said the forests are closed, there are no activities or transportation or movement, there is no access to the forest for hiking, fishing, hunting, commercial forestry, commercial mining, which includes some of the urban wooded parks, including Point Pleasant Park, as well as Shuby Park, some of the most beloved parks in the downtown Halifax Dartmouth region, as well as other parks in other parts of the province as well, but basically stay out of danger and there is also the message of not undertaking and doing. any unnecessary travel if it can be avoided so basically keep an eye on the news, keep an eye on the situation of conditions and in some areas prepare to evacuate as we saw in that area of ​​Bedford, Heather, yes, and Brett, quickly.

Before. I let you go, sure, in Bedford, so close to Halifax, or the people who understand you know that just along the coast towards the basin is right there. I wonder if we haven't talked about downtown Halifax. Is there any discussion about the risk to him? Brett, a major urban center, I mean, yesterday, I live in downtown Halifax and a few blocks away there was a condo or apartment building that had a fire on the roof, so people were tweeting pictures of flames and pictures of smoke coming out right in the center. downtown core of

halifax

halifax

fire crews came out from where they were parked to go help and put out the fire, there were no injuries or anything from that fire, from what we heard, it was put out pretty quickly, but it created, you know, a column of smoke. right in the center of the city, whereas previously we've seen these fires in the suburbs or other places outside the city, so I'm not saying anywhere is safe, but everywhere is dry, everywhere is hot and crews are very cautious in almost all parts of the province.

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