The mayor of Halifax says more evacuation orders will be lifted Friday for residents in subdivisions that sustained the most damage when a fast-moving wildfire broke out May 28 and quickly destroyed 150 homes.
Emergency alerts will be sent Friday explaining how access will be granted to various neighbourhoods in the Upper Tantallon and Hammonds Plains areas, Mike Savage told reporters.
“We remain committed to addressing community safety and to helping people regain what was lost,” he said Thursday, describing the disaster as “the most devastating fire of our times.”
“This last 10 days has been remarkably devastating to the whole community in a way that we haven’t seen in a long time.”…