Oct. 5, 2018, Ottawa – Ottawa firefighters quickly controlled a fire at the popular Whalesbone restaurant Thursday night. Dispatchers received 911 calls about the fire at 9:24 p.m. and after arriving took just seven minutes to bring the fire under control. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 5, 2018, Vancouver – A large four-alarm fire broke out in an apartment building in Vancouver’s West End on Thursday morning. According to Vancouver Fire and Rescue’s Jonathan Gormick, crews were called just after 9 a.m. PT to the fire on the fourth floor of the building. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS […]
Oct. 5, 2018, Oshawa, Ont. – A report on a January fire that killed four people in Oshawa, Ont., has outlined several deficiencies within the Oshawa Fire Services (OFS), including understaffing — and makes recommendations to prevent future tragedies like it. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 4, 2018, Kitchener, Ont. – Police are investigating an early-morning fire in Kitchener on Wednesday as an arson. Firefighters were called to Columbia Forest Products at 4 a.m. after the alarm went off. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 4, 2018, Montreal – An early morning fire ravaged a restaurant in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough on Thursday and firefighters say they found enough evidence to call in the Montreal police arson squad. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 3, 2018, Guelph, Ont. -Two fires in Guelph Wednesday morning remain under investigation by both the fire department and Guelph police. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 3, 2018, Yellowknife, N.W.T. – One first responder was treated for smoke inhalation after an early morning fire consumed an apartment building in downtown Yellowknife Tuesday — destroying the homes of 33 families. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 2, 2018, Membertou First Nation, N.S. – Five people are temporarily homeless after a house fire on the Membertou First Nation, N.S. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 2, 2018, Richmond, B.C. – Two people were taken to hospital after a fire in a Richmond seniors’ housing complex overnight Sunday. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Toronto Fire Services has launched an advertising and public education campaign aimed at encouraging smokers in the Parkdale area of the city to stop tossing their cigarette butts. Data shows that Parkdale, over a five-year period, had more fires started from careless smoking than any other area of Toronto. Many of these fires occurred on […]