Halifax wildfires: Residents of city’s western suburbs want more escape routes

Halifax wildfires: Residents of city’s western suburbs want more escape routes - Halifax

She's upset that Halifax doesn't have "a viable" exit route for the outer areas of her Westwood Hills suburb — where a wildfire erupted on May 28, 2023.

Halifax wildfires: Residents of city’s western suburbs want more escape routes

HALIFAX - Almost two years after wildfires destroyed 200 structures, including 151 homes, in the western suburbs of Halifax, residents are anxious about the city's slow progress in creating more ways for them to flee if the flames return.

About two years after forest fires destroyed 200 structures, including 151 houses, in the western suburbs of Halifax, residents are concerned about the slowness of the city to create more means of escape in the event of a return of flames.

Halifax wildfires: Residents of western suburbs want more escape routes

Daycare owner Donna Buckland stands beside Giant Steps Children’s Centre in Westwood Hills, N.S. on Thursday March 27, 2025. The daycare was rebuilt after her facility was destroyed on May 28, 2023 wildfire that swept through Halifax’s western suburbs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Tutton HALIFAX – Almost two years after wildfires destroyed 200 structures, including 151 homes, in the western suburbs of Halifax, residents are anxious about the city’…

Halifax wildfires: Residents of city's western suburbs want more escape routes - Helicopters Magazine

Almost two years after wildfires destroyed 200 structures, including 151 homes, in the western suburbs of Halifax, residents are anxious about the city's slow