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Hundreds evacuated as fire engulfs Middle Sackville apartment building
Firefighters responded to a third alarm fire destroying a 65-unit apartment complex housing 180 people, with no injuries reported and residents evacuated for safety.
- On Monday, Halifax Professional Firefighters responded shortly after midnight to a raging fire at a four-storey apartment complex on Hanwell Drive, Middle Sackville, prompting the municipality to evacuate about 300 people.
- The blaze was escalated to a Third Alarm after Halifax Professional Firefighters encountered heavy smoke and flames, prompting fire crews pulled from across the city to respond.
- The apartment housed 65 units with about 180 residents, evacuations affect civic addresses 25 through 119 Hanwell Drive with RCMP officers assisting, and an evacuation centre opened at 7 a.m. at Springfield Lake Recreation Centre.
- Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Services said no one was injured and everyone is accounted for, with firefighters on scene tackling hot spots and expected to remain most of the day Monday.
- Officials later said the building was a `total loss`, and social media video showed it engulfed in flames while the blaze was still burning as of 5 a.m.
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Hundreds evacuated as fire engulfs Middle Sackville apartment building
Halifax Fire crews are on the scene of a significant fire in Middle Sackville early Monday morning that has forced hundreds of people out of their homes. According to an official, firefighters were called just after midnight to the fire on Hanwell Drive. “It’s contained to the one building, it’s a four-storey and the whole […]
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