Halifax forest fire prompts RCMP to evacuate Musquodoboit Harbour community
June 22, 2025
RCMP in Nova Scotia say they are helping evacuate some residents from Musquodoboit Harbour as they assist firefighters responding to an active forest fire in the Halifax Regional Municipality.Mounties issued a statement about the forest fire Sunday afternoon, asking residents to avoid the area about 45 kilometres east of downtown Halifax. People living between the 600 block of Ostrea Lake Road and Highway 7 and nearby adjacent roads have been asked to stay away.
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