Aug. 29, 2018, Comox, B.C. – Comox Fire Rescue firefighters responded to an aggressive fence fire at a residence backing onto the Phil & Jennie Gaglardi Academy in Comox Tuesday morning. The Comox Valley Record reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Monthly Archives: August 2018
Aug. 29, 2018, London, Ont. – Police and fire officials are investigating a suspicious apartment blaze in southwest London that caused $25,000 damage. The London Free Press reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
The New Victoria Fire Department in Nova Scotia has been named one of the winners of the 2018 Globe Gear Giveaway program. The program is a partnership of Globe by MSA, DuPont Protection Solutions and the National Volunteer Fire Council. The department will get four new sets of state-of-the-art turnout gear. “Our members are dedicated […]
Aug. 28, 2018, Montreal – A neighbour’s phone call allowed firefighters to evacuate a family of four with no injuries as a violent blaze swept through their Île-Bizard home early Sunday. The Montreal Gazette reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 28, 2018, Cooking Lake, Alta. – A house explosion near Cooking Lake, Alta., that killed a 39-year-old woman may have been caused by a propane leak, fire officials say. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 28, 2018, Ottawa – Ottawa police are investigating a potential arson after an empty row house caught fire in Nepean in the early hours of Tuesday. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 27, 2018, Ottawa – East-end firefighters had to call their colleagues for help over the noon hour Friday when a generator caught fire while it was being tested at Station 56. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 27, 2018, Winnipeg – Large flames lit up the sky in Winnipeg as fire tore through an apartment complex early Sunday morning, leaving dozens of people homeless. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 27, 2018, Hornby Island, B.C. – The B.C. school district responsible for the community school on Hornby Island says it’s working to determine a plan for the start of the school year after a fire burned at least one third of the school early Sunday. Firefighters from Hornby Island Fire Rescue and Denman Island […]
A new fire hall has been completed in Frog Lake First Nation, a Cree community about 200 kilometres east of Edmonton, Alta. With an increased capacity of nearly 7,000 square feet, the fire hall will support fire protection services and storage of equipment. The Frog Lake First Nation Fire Department will now have the ability […]