Nov. 12, 2018, Lethbridge, Alta. – A fire in a downtown Lethbridge apartment building Saturday morning has left one person dead. Lethbridge fire crews responded to an alarm at approximately 4:23 a.m. according to a police news release. The Calgary Sun reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Nov. 12, 2018, New Waterford, N.S. – Firefighters in New Waterford responded to a large structure fire early Saturday at a former furniture shop. Crews were working to battle the blaze at F.A.S.T. Furniture, shortly before the building collapsed. The Cape Breton Post reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Nov. 12, 2018, Hamilton, Ont. – A man was rescued from a third-floor window of an apartment-building fire in central Hamilton that a fellow tenant has been accused of setting Saturday night. It was one of four fires in Hamilton over the weekend including one blaze that caused $450,000 worth of damage to a Copetown […]

Nov. 9, 2018, Montreal – The Montreal fire department’s specialized rescue team retrieved a pair of workers who were left dangling 20 storeys from the ground Thursday morning when the scaffold they were working on partially collapsed. The Montreal Gazette reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Nov. 9, 2018, Baddeck, N.S. – A complaint filed by the Baddeck Volunteer Fire Department in the wake of a fire at the Inverary Resort earlier this year has resulted in a series of directives regarding fire hydrant upkeep issued by the provincial regulator to the water utility. The Chronicle Herald reports. | READ MORE […]

Nov. 9, 2018, Gatineau, Que. – Construction work is being blamed for a fire Thursday morning at Gatineau’s École secondaire Mont-Bleu, already closed due to a fire that broke out during the September tornadoes. Gatineau firefighters were called to the scene shortly before 10 a.m. to battle flames in a roof area at the rear […]

Nov. 9, 2018, Iqaluit – An early morning fire on Thursday at the Northmart store in Iqaluit forced the evacuation of nearby homes as crews worked to put out the blaze and respond to other fires reported in the area. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Nov. 8, 2018, Brownsburg-Chatham, Que. – Tension between Brownsburg-Chatham council and the town’s firefighters was high at the November 6 council meeting, held at the Louis-Renaud Community Centre in St-Philippe. Claiming budget restraints, council has decided to terminate seven new volunteer firefighters who had recently joined the department. The Review reports. | READ MORE (RSS […]

Nov. 8, 2018, Killaloe, Ont. – Provincial police say an investigation has begun after a body was recovered from the scene of a house fire near Killaloe on Wednesday. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico