May 23, 2018, Edmonton – Edmonton firefighters extinguised a grass fire near an oil tank farm in the city’s east Tuesday evening. The Edmonton Journal reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 23, 2018, Langley, B.C. – Firefighters in the Township of Langley faced a challenging rescue after a steer fell into a koi pond. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 23, 2018, Amherst, N.S. – An evening cleaning trailers in a parking lot in Amherst, N.S., quickly turned dangerous after a trailer containing a pressure washer burst into flames and burned through three other transport truck trailers and a pickup truck before it could be put out. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS […]
May 23, 2018, Thunder Bay, Ont. – Environmental officials have issued an air quality advisory in northwestern Ontario that includes three First Nations, due to forest fires burning in the region. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 22, 2018, Brandon, Man. – Rural firefighters in communities surrounding Brandon, Man., chipped in to help stop a weekend blaze that destroyed three buildings and damaged an apartment building in the city’s downtown. Souris (SOO-riss) Glenwood volunteer fire chief Brian Parham says he was working on a farm 45 kilometres away and could see […]
May 21, 2018, Toronto – Police say several horses are dead after two barns caught ablaze in north-end Toronto early morning on Monday, May 21. Firefighters say they arrived at Sunnybrook Stables at about 3 a.m. and found one barn fully engulfed in flames, and another starting to burn. Neither police nor Toronto Fire Services […]
May 22, 2018, Grand Forks, B.C. – The majority of residents in British Columbia’s Boundary region who were forced from their homes by catastrophic floods are free to return home. The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary says evacuation orders have been lifted and downgraded to evacuation alerts for about 1,000 properties, leaving about 566 addresses […]
May 22, 2018, Vernon, B.C. – Two people are unaccounted for following a house fire in the Vernon area Monday morning. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 22, 2018, Sapotaweyak Cree Nation, Man. – A forest fire near Sapotaweyak Cree Nation has forced nearly a third of the community to evacuate. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 18, 2018, Grand Forks, B.C. – The first wave of 300 Canadian military personnel is being sent to British Columbia to help communities overwhelmed by floodwaters as parts of the province are expected to be hit with heavy rain following snowmelt from unseasonably warm weather. The Canadian Armed Forces said staff from Joint Task […]