Nov. 14, 2018, Surrey, B.C. – An out-of-control pickup truck struck and disabled a fire truck outside Surrey Fire Service’s Firehall 14 in South Surrey Tuesday morning – but did not cause serious injury. Assistant Fire Chief David Burns told Peace Arch News both the driver of the pickup and a long-serving Surrey firefighter were […]

Nov. 14, 2018, Pinawa, Man. – The hospital in Pinawa, Man., is closed until further notice after an electrical issue filled the building with smoke and left it without heat. A spokesperson for the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority said in a statement that a boiler in the town’s hospital experienced an electrical failure at around […]

Nov. 13, 2018, New Waterford, N.S. – A fire that destroyed the former Fast Furniture store location early Saturday isn’t thought to be suspicious but the investigation is ongoing. The Cape Breton Post reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Nov. 13, 2018, Edmonton – Seven fire crews responded to City Centre mall in downtown Edmonton for a fire inside the Shoppers Drug Mart late Monday afternoon. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Nov. 12, 2018, Walkerville, Ont. – Ontario’s fire marshal has been called in to investigate an early-morning fire Saturday that caused an estimated $1.2 million in damages to a six-unit row house in Walkerville. The Windsor Star reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

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