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 […]
Aug. 10, 2018, Abbotsford, B.C. – One man is dead following what police say was a residential explosion and fire in Abbotsford, B.C. on Thursday afternoon. (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 10, 2018, Vancouver – West Vancouver firefighters say they’re making progress on a wildfire burning near the Sea to Sky Highway. Helicopters arrived Thursday morning to dump water onto the fire, which was first spotted Wednesday evening. The blaze could be seen casting an orange glow over Horseshoe Bay overnight. CBC News reports. | […]
Aug. 9, 2018, Kamloops, B.C. – Firefighters are bracing for more hot weather and lightning storms as 462 wildfires burn across the province in all six fire zones. “We are looking at significant fire activity from one corner of our province to the other,” said Kevin Skrepnek, chief fire information officer with the B.C. Wildfire […]