More residents cleared to return home in Tantallon, Hammonds Plains areas
Hummingbird Lane and Westwood Hills areas, and parts of Jenna Lane still no-go
Authorities in the Halifax area lifted additional evacuation orders on Saturday, allowing more residents to return home after fleeing wildfires.
As of 7:35 p.m. local time, the Halifax Regional Municipality said the only areas still under evacuation orders are the:
- Hummingbird Lane area.
- Westwood Hills area.
- 62, 87, 106, 115, 124, 150 and 158 Jenna Lane addresses in the Yankeetown Road area.
The municipality lifted the evacuation orders Saturday evening for some homes on Windbreak Run, Hemlock Drive, Wyndham Road, Ranchwood Lane, Longwood Lane, Morningsong Lane, Sylvania Terrace, Timberlane Terrace, Yankeetown Road and Caper Court. A detailed list of the specific addresses can be found here.
Thousands were uprooted from their homes when large wildfires engulfed the area in late May.
The Nova Scotia government announced on Saturday that it has started using helicopters and infrared scanners to find hot spots at wildfires in the province.
In a news release, the province said the scanning would be done between 5 a.m. and 9 a.m. AT, depending on the weather. It expects the scanning could take up to a week to complete and said this will help ground crews extinguish the fires.
The helicopters are from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
The largest wildfire, in Shelburne County, is estimated at 23,525 hectares.
The provincial government said that about 90 DNR firefighters are battling the blaze, along with 40 firefighters and support staff from the Department of National Defence.
There's a provincewide fire ban in place.
A Nova Scotia woman was fined $28,872.50 for having a fire on private property on Friday in Lantz.
