Aug. 15, 2018, Kamloops, B.C. – Firefighters from around the world are battling wildfires across B.C., with more help on the way from the Canadian Forces. But there are concerns the province’s requests for help took too long. Bill Miller, the regional district board chair for the B.C. Interior’s Bulkley-Nechako region where dozens of fires […]
Aug. 15, 2018, Edmonton – A garage fire in northeast Edmonton Monday night is being considered suspicious, said Edmonton Fire Rescue. The Edmonton Journal reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 15, 2018, Winnipeg – Winnipeg firefighters used an aerial drone Tuesday night to help battle a fire in the city’s North End. A spokesperson for the city said the drone was deployed to survey the blaze, to help ensure the safety of firefighters. No injuries were reported in the fire. CBC News reports. | […]
Aug. 14, 2018, Sudbury, Ont. – The forest fire situation across northeastern Ontario continues to improve, with some residents being allowed to return home and assess the damage to their properties. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says that as of Sunday, there were 41 active fires in the region, five were not […]
Aug. 14, 2018, Ottawa – Ottawa firefighters rushed to extinguish a two-alarm fire in an east-side townhouse Monday night after multiple 911 callers reported smoke and flames coming from the building. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 14, 2018, Edmonton – A fire at a downtown Edmonton office building has displaced hundreds of Alberta government employees and crippled critical online industrial applications handled by government computer servers. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 13, 2018, Shuswap, B.C. – Police are investigating a fire that destroyed a bank in the Shuswap early Sunday. Fire Chief Brian Lauzon, chief of the Chase Fire Department, reports that firefighters were called at 4:10 a.m. Aug. 12, and found the ATM vestibule at the front of the RBC Royal Bank in Chase […]
Aug. 13, 2018, Campbell River, B.C. – Lightning sparked at least a dozen new fires north of Campbell River on Saturday. The blazes could be growing, or they could be just one tree, fire information officer Donna MacPherson told CHEK News. “A good advantage of the storm that went through [Friday] night where there was […]
Aug. 10, 2018, Burnaby, B.C. – Residents of a Metrotown apartment highrise were for forced out onto the street Wednesday by a fire in a fifth-floor suite. Burnaby Now reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 10, 2018, Fond-du-lac, Sask. – For the second time in three years, the Fond-du-Lac fire department has lost one of its members to suicide. On Saturday, Frank Jr. McDonald, 22, took his own life, leaving behind several family members including his parents, siblings and a young daughter. He was a part of Fond-du-Lac’s 14-member […]