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14 active fires are scorching parts of Nova Scotia, Canada and its largest city Halifax is under siege with more than 16,000 residents being evacuated.

The smoke and haze are now impacting the air quality of major U.S. cities across the Northeast.@annenbcnews reports. pic.twitter.com/2EAOr9ZVfx

— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) June 1, 2023

SCARY 😮 Colossal smoke clouds billow from the Tantallon Fire in Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia, on Sunday. Over 16,000 residents in Nova Scotia were under evacuation orders, with an estimated 200 homes or structures destroyed.

Credit: @bigmacdaddy_eth via Storyful pic.twitter.com/Dk5aYamtbk

— WeatherBug (@WeatherBug) May 31, 2023

You can tell a lot by the footprint of a wildfire. Here we see the footprint of the wildfire that tore through the community of Tantallon, Nova Scotia. #canada #halifax

Clearly a wind driven fire moving from left to right using the footage as a reference. Roofers have told… pic.twitter.com/vYr0ed36cA

— The Hotshot Wake Up (@HotshotWake) May 31, 2023