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00:00 More than 16,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes in Canada's eastern province of
00:05 Nova Scotia.
00:07 That says one of hundreds of wildfires raging across the country threatened the city of
00:10 Halifax.
00:11 That fire, still burning out of control along the northwestern edge of the city, has not
00:16 grown though since a state emergency was declared late Sunday, forcing suburban residents out
00:21 at a moment's notice.
00:23 This fire has damaged several homes and properties.
00:27 Again, the count of the properties and the extent to which they're damaged is not yet
00:32 known.
00:33 We heard on the radio that there was a fire and then as we got closer at home we could
00:37 see the smoke and it's, you know, incredible.
00:41 And it's across the road, we're sort of the subdivision across the road.