HALIFAX, Canada (AP) — Thousands of people have been displaced by wildfires in the province of Nova Scotia, on Canada’s Atlantic coast.

The Halifax city government reported Monday that some 200 homes or structures had been damaged, according to preliminary estimates based on visual inspections by emergency responders.

Halifax Deputy Fire Chief David Meldrum said around 14,000 people had been ordered to leave their homes, most located about a 30-minute drive northwest of downtown Halifax .

As firefighters battled a brush fire in suburban Halifax for a second day, some residents of evicted housing estates were told their homes were among those destroyed by the fire. Katherine Tarateski told police the flames completely destroyed her home and she was unable to find her pets.

Tarateski said she was at a family reunion with her husband Nick and daughter Mia on Sunday when she heard the fire approaching and rushed to her home in Hamonds Plain to rescue her dog and cat. But by the time the family arrived, the police had closed off the street they were living on.

“The house can be rebuilt,” he said. “But my pets…I’m devastated. It’s very difficult”.

Firefighters say the blaze, which started in the community of Upper Tantallon on Sunday, has destroyed or damaged dozens of homes, although there were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries.

In the afternoon, the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources confirmed that the wildfire covered approximately 8 square kilometers (3 square miles).