'It takes the life out of you': CBN fire chief and residents reflect on a month of devastation

Caption: The Kingston wildfire started on August 3, 2025. It grew to over 10,000 hectares and forced five communities to evacuate for almost a month. (Roger Gillingham and the North Shore Volunteer ...

Fire that grew to become part of Nova Scotia’s largest wildfire started on this man’s property

Mervyn Perry recalls turning off the TV and going to bed one night in May 2023 with no idea that a tire was being lit on fire on his land in Barrington, N.S., and that the flame would grow to be part ...