A family couldn't get to their elderly father who has dementia and was home alone on Yankeetown Road — inside the evacuation zone. "There were moments when it felt like we were driving through a wall of fire," Scott told CBC News on Monday. Jeorge Sadi/CBCCorkum, who was driving, instructed Scott that he had 30 seconds to check the house for the man. Brendan Meagher, president of the Halifax Professional Firefighters Association, commended Corkum and Scott for their hard work that day. He added that everyone, including neighbours, police and Halifax fire crews, did everything they could to protect people and property.
