I heard them screaming: Halifax encampment fire could have ended in tragedy, residents say – Halifax [Video]

Charred remains are all that is left of four tents that caught fire early Monday morning at the Green Road encampment in Dartmouth, N.S.

Cleanup crews were at the scene Wednesday, clearing away the piles of debris that residents once called home.

“Now they have to start right from scratch with whatever people are generous enough to give them,” said P.J. McKay, a longtime resident of the Green Road encampment.

McKay lives in a camper on the other side of the field from where the fire started.

She says around 6:30 a.m. on Monday, she was jarred awake by a loud noise.

“I thought it was doors slamming, because it had happened in the past,” she said. “I just laid my head back down, and then I heard it getting louder. So, I got up and looked and seen the whole corner lit up.”

Halifax Fire and Emergency has since …