Lower Sackville home badly damaged by late-night fire
A home in Lower Sackville, N.S., was badly damaged following a fire late Tuesday night.
Crews responded to reports of a house fire in the 100 block of Smokey Drive around 11:40 p.m.
Halifax Professional Fire Fighters says members arrived to find heavy fire conditions on the exterior of the home as well as in the attic space.
At 11:39 PM, #hfxfirefighters responded to reports of a house fire on Smokey Drive in Lower Sackville. Our members arrived to find heavy fire conditions on the exterior of a house that had extended into the attic space and was starting to impinge of a neighbouring home. They… pic.twitter.com/GjXsJ87Jxx — Halifax Professional Fire Fighters (@hfxfirefighters) July 2, 2025
The fire was also starting to approach a neighbouring home.
It was quickly contained just after midnight and did not spread further.
Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency says everyone got out the house safely.
The origin and cause of the fire are under investigation.
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