Oct. 30, 2018, Songhees Nation, B.C. – A 49-year-old man has been charged with arson in connection with a fire that destroyed his common-law partner’s manufactured home and a neighbouring home on the Songhees Nation last week. The Times Colonist reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 30, 2018, Bradford, Ont. – The Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal has been called in to investigate a fire at a storage facility in Bradford. Crews responded to the fire shortly before 7 a.m. Monday morning. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 29, 2018, Winnipeg – Police say they believe the fire that killed two people in Point Douglas Friday was not criminal in nature. But police have arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with four other fires that broke out in the same area at around the same time. CBC News reports. | READ MORE […]
Oct. 29, 2018, St. Mary’s Bay, N.L. – The Hickey & Sons Fisheries Ltd. fish plant in O’Donnell’s, St. Mary’s Bay, was destroyed by a massive fire Friday. Chief Tony Daley of the St. Joseph’s Fire Department said he got the call just after 1 a.m. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with […]
Oct. 29, 2018, North York, Ont. – A man is dead after a fire broke out at an apartment in North York early Monday morning. The Toronto Star reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 26, 2018, Sudbury, Ont. – Four fire stations and 21 firefighters responded to a small blaze on the roof of Vale’s Copper Cliff Smelter Complex Thursday afternoon. Sudbury.com reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 26, 2018, Bridgewater, N.S. – Law enforcement officials are appealing to the public for help after nearly 100 “broken ladder” memorials were stolen from a cemetery for volunteer firefighters in Bridgewater, N.S., over the weekend. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 26, 2018, Winnipeg – Two people are missing and feared dead after an early morning house fire Friday in Winnipeg’s North Point Douglas neighbourhood. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 25, 2018, Oshawa, Ont. – Oshawa firefighters rescued an elderly woman from a house fire on Wednesday afternoon and continued to fight the flames. Durhamregion.com reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 25, 2018, Metchosin, B.C. – Firefighters are raising concerns about B.C.’s new ambulance dispatch system, saying it often cuts their departments out of emergency calls in small communities that see less ambulance service. Under the new system, launched in the spring, firefighters may not be notified of a medical emergency unless it’s considered a […]