Nova Scotians displaced after fires in Truro, Lower Branch

TRURO, N.S. -- Eleven people have been displaced after a two-storey building in Nova Scotia was damaged by a fire.

The Canadian Red Cross says the blaze at the building containing four apartments in Truro Heights, about 90 kilometres northeast of Halifax, broke out around 12:50 a.m. Tuesday.

No one was hurt.

Meanwhile, a house in Lower Branch, about 100 kilometres west of Halifax, was gutted by a fire on Monday evening.

The Red Cross says a couple and their three young children were not injured and are staying with relatives.