Aug. 23, 2018, Ottawa – Ottawa firefighters had to rescue a man from the water near the Kanata Sailing Club on Wednesday afternoon after his sailboat tipped. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 23, 2018, Regina – Saskatchewan is considering sending more fire crews to British Columbia to help battle the wildfires. “We’re currently sussing whether we have some more overhead staff,” said Steve Roberts, executive director of the Ministry of Environment’s wildfire management branch. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by […]
Aug. 23, 2018, Abbotsford, B.C. – Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service has confirmed that a fire in a barnthat housed therapy horses was deliberately set on Aug. 10. Investigators with the Abbotsford Police Department (APD) are now asking for video and additional witnesses in relation to the blaze. The Langley Advance reports. | READ MORE (RSS […]
Aug. 23, 2018, Kitchener, Ont. – A woman is dead and a man has been airlifted to hospital after a house explosion in Kitchener, Ont. Wednesday morning. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 22, 2018, Calgary – Three garages are damaged after a fire swept through a southwest Calgary neighbourhood on Tuesday. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 22, 2018, Edmonton – A faulty extension cord caused a July fire in a downtown Edmonton office building that knocked out numerous online systems and displaced hundreds of Alberta government employees, says Edmonton Fire Rescue Services. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 22, 2018, Toronto – Toronto Fire Chief Matthew Pegg says a six-alarm fire at a high-rise building in the St. James Town neighbourhood has been extinguished several hours after it broke out Tuesday afternoon, leaving up to 1,500 people displaced. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 21, 2018, Crystal City, Man. – A devastating fire tore through Crystal City, Man., on Monday evening, reducing a grain elevator to ash and severely damaging a hardware store. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 21, 2018, Zeballos, B.C. – For the ninth straight day, a wildfire continued to scorch a 90-hectare area near the small Vancouver Island community of Zeballos. People living in six properties on the east side of Pandora Hill have been ordered to leave their homes, while many of the remaining residents have been instructed […]
Aug. 21, 2018, Montreal – A 24-year-old man is in critical condition after inhaling smoke from an apartment fire in downtown Montreal Monday evening. The Montreal Gazette reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico