More than 16,000 residents of northern Halifax, Canada, were forced to evacuate. evacuate their homes As out of control Wildfires continued to burn across the region on Monday, May 29.

A video shared by Samina Jarra on Twitter shows a large cloud of wildfire smoke towering over the homes of Hammons Plains on Sunday, May 27.

Monday, Halifax Fire and Emergency Management (HFEM) announced that more than 16,400 people had been evacuated from their homes. HFEM The fire has not yet been extinguished and officials said they expected “some structures have been lost”.Credit: Samina Jhala from Storyful

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– Then a huge fire broke out. And that. So it’s a spectacle, but like fire and ashes. holy! It all comes from Wolfville over there. I don’t know what happens next, but it’s a big deal.

Then a huge fire broke out. And that. So it’s a spectacle, but like fire and ashes. holy! It all comes from over there in Waffleville. I don’t know what happens next, but it’s a big deal.

Then a huge fire broke out. And that. So it’s a spectacle, but like fire and ashes. holy! It all comes from Wolfville over there. I don’t know what happens next, but it’s a big deal.