April 24, 2019, Calgary – Emergency crews are at the scene of a fire in an industrial yard in the city’s southeast and have closed off a few roads in the area to give crews room to work. Police and firefighters were called to a metal recycling facility at about 6:00 a.m. Wednesday morning. CTV […]
April 24, 2019, Toronto – A man is dead following a “significant” house fire in Toronto’s Roncesvalles Village neighbourhood late Tuesday evening. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
April 24, 2019, Ottawa – There were no injuries to either man or beast when fire broke out at an equestrian farm near Ottawa’s southwestern edge Tuesday morning. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
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April 23, 2019, Toronto – A man is dead following a Sunday-morning apartment fire in Regent Park that investigators say appears to have been accidental. The Toronto Star reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
April 23, 2019, Niagara Falls, Ont. – A number of animals perished in a barn fire in rural Niagara Falls Sunday. Niagara Falls Fire Department was called to a home on Carl Road shortly after 11 p.m. The St. Catharines Standard reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
April 23, 2019, Biggar, Sask. – The rural municipality and the town of Biggar, Sask., issued a state of emergency Tuesday morning after a large grass fire filled the area with smoke. On Monday afternoon, RCMP delared the fire out of control and were evacuating the area between Highways 4 and 51, as well as […]
Apr. 22, 2019, Prince George, B.C. – The Prince George Fire Centre in B.C. is being bolstered with three new initial attack crews ahead of this year’s wildfire season. The Prince George Citizen reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
April 22, 2019, Montreal – Flooding from the spring thaw and rain has affected more than 2,300 homes in Quebec and 1,200 residents have been evacuated. Soldiers were filling and stacking sandbags as officials warned floodwaters are likely to keep rising this week due to warming temperatures, combined with rain. CBC News reports. | READ […]
April 22, 2019, Kenora, Ont. – An abandoned set of cabins near Kenora, Ont. were engulfed in flames in a massive fire Friday night. The fire broke out just before 7:30 p.m., at the former Devil’s Gap Lodge, which had a central lodge with several cabins surrounding it. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (Feed […]