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Firefighters are battling blazes across California and Nevada amid record-breaking heat all over the US. California’s Mojave National Preserve has been drawning in flames with the authorities unable to douse the fire.

More than 1,100 residents evacuated due to wildfire in U.S. Arizona-

Two Halifax firefighters are being honoured for driving through “a wall of fire” to rescue an elderly man during the wildfire evacuations.

Two Halifax firefighters are being honoured for driving through "a wall of fire" to rescue an elderly man during the wildfire evacuations.

Natural Resources Minister Tory Rushton said about 60 homes and cottages and another 150 structures had been destroyed in Shelburne County.

The testing is necessary because the groundwater could be contaminated by residue from the fire, chemical fire retardants and fuel from ruptured tanks.

About 4,886 residents are still displaced from evacuation areas after a wildfire in the Tantallon and Hammonds Plains areas forced more than 16,400 people from their homes.

Members of the Canadian military, along with several American firefighters, arrived in Nova Scotia on Saturday to assist in the continued fight to contain several wildfires.

Waiting for a call to help fight fires in the neighbouring province of Nova Scotia, troops in New Brunswick trained on Saturday to fight wildfires.

An elementary school class in Dartmouth, N.S. is showing their appreciation through a project for the hundreds of firefighters responding to the province's wildfires.