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  HALIFAX -- Residents of two buildings are being evacuated, and others were asked to shelter in place after a gas leak on Dutch Village Road Sunday morning. According to Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency, a vehicle hit a gas meter on the building at 3501 Dutch Villaeg Rd., causing the gasline to break. Halifax Regional Police says the situation has now been resolved, and normal traffic has resumed. Repair crews remain on scene. Kevin Corkum, activing divisional commanding corporal for ...

Posted: Apr 03, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: April 3 A firefighter in Jefferson, Ore., uses a thermal imaging camera to check for fire hidden underground in this 2009 file photo. (erikjohnphotography/Shutterstock) comments When it comes to firefighting equipment its easy to think of the big things — fire engines, hoses and ladder trucks. But a hand-held device is one of the biggest lifesavers in firefighting. Thermal imaging cameras detect differences in temperature and display them on ...

Posted: Feb 14, 2021 1:39 PM AT | Last Updated: February 14 Halifax Fire crews responded to the Tufts Cove station on Sunday.(Dave Irish/CBC) Five people were taken to hospital after a fire Sunday at Nova Scotia Powers Tufts Cove station in Dartmouth. The incident was related to the release of ash from the boiler within the facility. It involved three contractors and two employees, Mark Sidebottom, CEO of Nova Scotia Power said in a statement. All five people involved were taken to hospital...

Posted: Jan 31, 2021 4:36 PM AT | Last Updated: January 31 The Adelaide is a care home for seniors in Waverley, N.S.(Robert Guertin/CBC) An unlicensed seniors home on the outskirts of Halifax is closing permanently and has notified residents they have one month to move out. Since at least 2016, officials with Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency have asked the owners of Adelaide Senior Care Home in Waverley, N.S., to update their building to meet the standards expected of a care home. Owner Jody...

  HALIFAX -- Forecasters are calling for a wet and windy Christmas Day across the Maritimes, with the kind of wind that could lead to power outages. In the sheltered wharf at Fisherman’s Cove, the boats sit calmly at their berth. Further out at the mouth of Halifax Harbour, conditions are rougher and windier. A Christmas Day storm is expected to rile up the surf even more. “When the storm comes across the province, we’ll be monitoring it, the intensity and severity, and any changes...

  DARTMOUTH, N.S. -- Christine Moir has been checking on her Gaston Road apartment regularly for the past week hoping she can return home soon. Last Monday, an electrical fire forced the more than 100 people who live in the building out. "Im lucky enough to have the bestest friend in the world," Moir says, "who luckily has an apartment available in the downstairs of her house." Thats where Moir, her husband, and her son have been living for the past week. Today, she came back to her apa...

  HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in solving an arson, after a fishing boat in Eastern Passage, N.S. was set on fire last week. Early on the morning of Dec. 18, police reported to a boat on fire at Government Wharf Rd. in Fisherman’s Cove, Eastern Passage. No one was on the boat at that time, and Halifax Fire extinguished the fire. Police say they obtained surveillance video from the area and determined that the fire was intentionally set. On Monday,...

Posted: Dec 15, 2020 10:12 AM AT | Last Updated: December 15, 2020 Crews work to repair a power pole on Maple Street in Dartmouth on Tuesday morning, after issues with the pole left thousands in the area without electricity.(Craig Paisley/CBC) Thousands of customers in Dartmouth, N.S., lost electricity for more than hour Tuesday morning after a power pole issue. Halifax Regional Police said they were called to help control traffic on Maple Street in downtown Dartmouth around 8:15 a.m. Photos of...