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No injuries reported after homeless encampment fire in Dartmouth

By Natalie Lombard

Published: November 13, 2023 at 10:04AM EST

Tent fire in Dartmouth Halifax Fire says no one was injured after a tent fire at a Dartmouth homeless encampment Sunday morning.

Halifax Fire says its crews responded to a fire at a homeless encampment in Dartmouth, N.S., early Sunday morning.

District Chief Jim Stymiest says a call came in around 7:30 a.m. about a tent on fire near Wyse Road, behind the former DoubleTree hotel.

Halifax Fire says no one was around to claim the tent while they were on scene.

Stymiest says no one was injured and the fire was safely extinguished.

Encampment fire Halifax Fire says its crews responded to a fire at a homeless encampment in Dartmouth, N.S., on Nov. 12, 2023. (James Morrison/CTV Atlantic)

There is no word on what may have caused the fire.

For more Nova Scotia news visit our dedicated provincial page.

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