Mineville brush fire under control, evacuation ordered lifted
Posted May 8, 2015 03:22:21 AM.
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HALIFAX – A large brush fire that prompted the evacuation of about 200 homes east of Halifax was contained by firefighters late Thursday.
No injuries or damage was reported, and residents were allowed back into the homes in Mineville and East Lawrencetown before 9 p.m.
Deputy fire Chief Roy Hollett says the fire burned out of control for several hours, having been whipped up by high winds.
As well, the fire fed off of large swaths of dead grass left over from a long winter.
Hollett says as the winds died down after 7 p.m., the flames were subdued by about 80 firefighters on the ground and two helicopters carrying buckets of water.
Firefighters and the Department of Natural Resources planned to monitor the area about 20 kilometres east of Halifax throughout the night.
