More evacuees allowed to return to their Tantallon-area homes after devastating wildfire

More evacuees were allowed to return home this weekend, more than two weeks after a series of devastating wildfires broke out in Nova Scotia.

More evacuees were allowed to return home this weekend, more than two weeks after a series of devastating wildfires broke out in Nova Scotia.

For the first time in weeks, Goldie Launt woke up in her own bed Sunday morning.

“Laundry had to be done and things like that. So groceries had to be put away… when we came back and the biggest ask was the fridge,” said Launt.

While Launt’s Tantallon-area home looks to be in great shape from the street, the back of the house shows the proximity of the flames.

“When I look at the back of house it makes mad, but when I'm in this part of the house I feel happy that this part has survived for us to live in. The back part has lots of repairs,” she said.

Launt says she's thrown away over $2,500 worth of food and spent even more on necessities during the time she was evacuated.

She's not alone; 16,000 people were forced to leave their homes because of the Tantallon-area wild fire.