April 8, 2019, Regina – The Saskatchewan government and the union representing the province’s wildland firefighters are at odds over the province’s plans to use a modified version of the wildland firefighter fitness test, which in its original form was deemed discriminatory. The Star Phoenix reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by […]
April 8, 2019, Brampton, Ont. – No human or animal injuries were reported after a barn caught fire at a horse farm in Brampton late Sunday night. CP24 News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
April 8, 2019, St. John’s – A fire at a seniors’ complex in St. John’s forced the building’s residents to be evacuated early Monday morning. When firefighters with St. John’s Regional arrived just after midnight they found smoke and flames in the lobby and one resident told the Telegram that smoke had also filled some […]
April 8, 2019, Lucan, Ont. – The Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal is investigating a fire Sunday that gutted a motorcycle shop in Lucan. The fire that triggered an alarm at Hog Town Cycles at about 6:45 a.m. sent thick black smoke “rolling down” Main Street and drew firefighters from Lucan Biddulph, Granton and […]
April 8, 2019, Winnipeg – Fire tore through two neighbouring homes in the North End Sunday. Firefighters were called to the first fire at a vacant two-storey home in the 500 block of College Avenue around 6 p.m. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
In an era of extreme wildfires, some say firefighting aircraft are ‘increasingly ineffective’ Los Angeles Times The state is poised to spend $273 million on new firefighting aircraft, but the tools won’t help fight the most devastating kinds of blazes California has seen of … Powered by WPeMatico
April 5, 2019, Foxtrap, N.L. – A newly-constructed Habitat for Humanity home in Foxtrap, in Conception Bay South, was ruined by fire, displacing multiple families Thursday night. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
April 5, 2019, Pickering, Ont. – No injuries have been reported after fire broke out at a townhouse complex under construction overnight Thursday in Pickering. CityNews reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
April 4, 2019, Bay Bulls, N.L. – A well-known business on the main road in Bay Bulls was extensively damaged by fire late Wednesday night. Witless Bay volunteer fire department assistant fire chief Shane Cole told the Telegram they were originally dispatched to a commercial alarm call at 11:23 p.m. at Paddy’s Convenience and Restaurant […]
April 4, 2019, Windsor, Ont. – Windsor Fire and Rescue crews responded to a number of fires at Zalev Brothers Scrapyard on Wednesday afternoon. Windsor Fire tweeted there were two large vegetation fires in the yard and another in the scrap building. The Windsor Star reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by […]