Firefighters Battling Halifax Wildfire Among Those Who Lost Homes in Disaster

Mark Zawidzki, a volunteer firefighter, poses at the temporary apartment where he and his family are staying in Halifax on June 1, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darren Calabrese

As volunteer firefighter Mark Zawidzki battled eye-stinging smoke and flying embers to save homes from the Halifax wildfire, he realized its flames were headed to a neighbouring subdivision—and his own residence.

But he kept working.