June 5, 2018, St. John’s – The City of St. John’s has announced its new fire chief, and for the first time in the city’s history a woman will hold the position. Sherry Colford, who has been with St. John’s Regional Fire Department for the last 15 years and recently was the manager of 911 […]

June 4, 2018, Kawartha Lakea, Ont. – Provincial police have charged a 44-year-old man from Little Britain in connection to a fatal fire in Kawartha Lakes. The OPP were called to a home in Mariposa Township early Tuesday morning after a woman’s body was found at the scene of a house fire. CTV News reports. […]

June 4, 2018, Manotick, Ont. – A barn fire near Manotick early Saturday evening spread to a nearby house on the same property, but both structures were abandoned, according to Ottawa Fire Services. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

June 4, 2018, Vancouver – A Vancouver-area couple helped their elderly neighbours to safety Friday as a massive blaze tore through their home on Sea Island. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

June 4, 2018, Duncan, B.C. – An apartment fire in Duncan, B.C., on Sunday sent 13 people to hospital for treatment and forced dozens more from their homes. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

June 1, 2018, Toronto – Toronto Fire Services says two companies that provide fire inspection services in the city are facing charges under the Ontario Fire Code for allegedly failing to inspect, test and repair fire systems when they were contracted to do so. In a news conference on May 31, 2018, deputy fire chief […]

June 1, 2018, Vancouver – Emergency officials say the gap between flood and fire seasons that typically gives crews some reprieve seems to be shrinking. Chris Duffy of Emergency Management B.C. says a period of grass regrowth between the seasons has historically delayed the fire season, but that breathing room has been disappearing throughout the […]

June 1, 2018, Calgary – A rare four-alarm fire that tore through a 64-unit condo building in Inglewood Wednesday is just one of several big blazes this month in Calgary, and the sheer number and severity of the fires is unusual, says the city’s fire chief. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with […]

June 1, 2018, Edmonton – Homicide detectives are investigating after a man’s body was found at the scene of a suspicious fire northeast of downtown Edmonton Wednesday. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

June 1, 2018, Vancouver – A fire that broke out in an abandoned home spread to three neighbouring houses in Vancouver on Thursday morning, leaving at least one family homeless. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico