Mar. 13, 2019, Potlotek Chapel Island First Nation, N.S. – An overnight fire Monday on Potlotek First Nation’s Chapel Island in Nova Scotia that destroyed several cabins has been deemed suspicious by police. The fire, which destroyed 14 of the approximately 170 cabins on the island, was discovered just before 1 a.m. CTV News reports. […]
Mar. 13, 2019, Hamilton, Ont. – Two people have been sent to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation after a three-storey building fire in Hamilton on Tuesday morning. The Hamilton Spectator reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
Mar. 13, 2019, Orleans, Ont. – Firefighters made quick work of a blaze at an unoccupied Orléans pizza shop Monday night. A fire investigator was dispatched to the scene to determine the cause and dollar loss. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
Mar. 13, 2019, Calgary – A man has died after being pulled from a home by fire crews responding to basement fire Tuesday morning, police say. The Calgary Herald reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
Mar. 12, 2019, Carstairs, Alta. – Six people were treated for injuries after a multi-vehicle collision north of Calgary on Monday afternoon. Global News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
Mar. 12, 2019, Elgin County, Ont. – A 13-year-old has been charged after a fire broke out at a multi-unit residential building in Elgin County. Emergency crews were called to the blaze around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. CHCH News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
Mar. 12, 2019, Gatineau, Que. – Gatineau police are investigating after a body was pulled from the rubble of a fire near Les Promenades Gatineau overnight Sunday. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
Mar. 12, 2019, Hay River, N.W.T. – The Town of Hay River declared a “local state of emergency” Sunday over a fire at the Hay River landfill. In a press release Sunday, the town said the local fire department has been managing a subsurface fire at the landfill since March 3, but that it flared […]
Firefighting community hopes for recovery of colleague injured in training accident CTV News Nova Scotia’s tight-knit firefighting community is praying for the recovery of a young firefighter from Truro, who suffered serious injuries during a training exercise … Powered by WPeMatico
Thousands mourn fallen Berwick firefighter at somber service in Portland Press Herald Mourning in Maine: Fire chief dies while attending funeral for fallen firefighter USA TODAY Fire chief dies at funeral of ‘hero’ firefighter killed shielding colleague CANOE Fire chief dies, suffers emergency at firefighter’s funeral National Post Oxford Fire Chief suffers fatal medical event at fallen firefighter’s funeral NewsCenterMaine.com […]