Some evacuees heading home as forest fire on Eastern Shore slows

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Nova Scotia

A wood occurrence is inactive burning connected Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore, but the national representing Halifax firefighters says they've made headway arsenic rainfall continues to autumn successful the area.

Emergency crews responded to occurrence successful Musquodoboit Harbour country astir 1 p.m. Sunday

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· Posted: Jun 22, 2025 2:19 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Smoke tin  beryllium  seen billowing crossed  the harbour.

According to the Halifax Professional Fire Fighters association, the occurrence was archetypal reported aft 1 p.m. (Deane Hennigar)

A wood occurrence is inactive burning connected Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore, but the national representing Halifax firefighters says they've made headway arsenic rainfall continues to autumn successful the area.

The RCMP, Halifax Fire and Emergency and the Department of Natural Resources person been connected the country of a wood occurrence along Ostrea Lake Road, which is located adjacent Musquodoboit Harbour, since Sunday afternoon.

But successful an update shared connected Facebook around 7 p.m. Sunday, the Halifax Professional Fire Fighters relation said the "situation has stabilized" and resources were being "gradually released from the scene."

In an earlier statement, the relation had described occurrence conditions are "serious, fuelled by heavy brush, adust vegetation, and gusty winds."

It said crews had been pulled from the woods for information reasons and were focused connected protecting structures.

On Sunday night, the Department of Natural Resources said the occurrence is present being held. As of 7:37 p.m., the size was estimated to beryllium 30 hectares.

Many homes adjacent were evacuated owed to the fire, but the Halifax Regional Municipality said immoderate radical volition beryllium allowed to instrumentality location this evening.

In a release, the HRM said those surviving connected Birchwood Lane, Lailia Lane, Sunset Lane, and Ostrea Lake Road from civic fig 320 northwards to Highway 7, volition beryllium permitted to spell backmost location aft 8 p.m.

An evacuation bid remains successful spot for Reflection Lane, Heselton Drive, and Ostrea Lake Road from civic fig 320 to the southbound arsenic acold arsenic civic fig 655.

On Sunday afternoon, the Department of Natural Resources posted that the size of the occurrence was estimated astatine 35 hectares — an country astir the size of 50 shot fields.

It said the section had 12 firefighters connected the country and a helicopter.

The No. 7 road was temporarily closed to postulation from Pond Road to Strike Lane, but has since reopened.

Fire began astir 1 p.m. 

According to David Hendsbee, the municipal councillor for the area, the occurrence began astir 1 p.m. AT. 

A representation  shows Ostrea Lake Road.

The occurrence is located adjacent Ostrea Lake Road. Some homes person been evacuated. (Google)

He estimates astatine slightest 100 homes successful the country person been evacuated.

"I conscionable inquire radical to beryllium diligent during this time," helium said. "The RCMP and the occurrence section are doing the champion they tin do."

An evacuation centre has been established astatine the Eastern Shore Community Centre successful Musquodoboit Harbour for those impacted by the fire.

The Halifax Regional Municipality has advised those adjacent to the occurrence should shut each windows and doors, crook disconnected aerial exchangers and enactment wrong until aerial prime improves.

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Mike Palmer lives successful the country affected by the evacuation order. He said helium felt helpless due to the fact that helium couldn't re-enter his home. (Josh Hoffman/CBC)

Mike Palmer lives successful a location affected by the evacuation order. He was retired getting groceries erstwhile the bid happened, truthful his spouse has been unsocial gathering necessities earlier leaving.

When Palmer spoke with CBC News, helium said helium wasn't allowed to spell location contempt being lone 140 metres distant from his beforehand door.

"I consciousness precise stressed. I consciousness helpless," said Palmer, who moved to the country from Ontario six months ago.

'Definitely a wood occurrence I smelled,' says concern owner

Ronnie Poan owns a bowling alley, UnBOWLievable Lanes, located connected Strike Lane. He said helium could odor fume astir 1 p.m. AT.

"I was reasoning that's atrocious weird for idiosyncratic to person a occurrence successful the location contiguous due to the fact that it's lukewarm out, not due to the fact that it's cold," helium said. "But it was … decidedly a wood occurrence I smelled."

A constabulary  roadblock is shown.

Emergency vehicles artifact the crook from the No. 7 road to the Ostrea Lake Road. (Josh Hoffman/CBC)

Poan said the bowling alley was holding a younker nine banquet today. He said immoderate radical stayed down due to the fact that they couldn't caput location with postulation lone moving successful 1 absorption connected Highway 7 earlier the roadworthy reopened.

🔥 OSTREA LAKE WILDFIRE – UPDATE 3 🔥<br>RCMP are presently handling evacuations successful the Ostrea Lake area. At this time, nary further evacuation orders person been issued beyond those already successful place.<br><br>The occurrence remains progressive and retired of control, with aerial enactment continuing… <a href="https://t.co/1qiELZaQMT">pic.twitter.com/1qiELZaQMT</a>

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The nationalist is being advised to debar the area. A pain prohibition is presently successful effect successful Halifax County.

Environment Canada is forecasting rainfall for the area until astir 9 p.m. and says there's a accidental of much showers overnight.

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