April 2, 2019, Edmonton – A contractor used an extinguisher to douse smouldering insulation Friday morning at the Strathcona Hotel, believing he took care of the fire threat before the old building went up in flames that night, say investigators. Sparks from an electrical grinder ignited the insulation that then led to the 10 p.m. […]
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April 1, 2019, Edmonton – Emergency crews were on scene Friday night tackling a fire at the historic Strathcona Hotel in Old Strathcona. The Edmonton Journal reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
April 1, 2019, St. Andrews, Man. – Exploding cars sent a thick plume of black smoke into the air at St. Andrews Airport Sunday afternoon. St. Andrews Fire Chief Ken Peacock said one car caught on fire and it spread to other vehicles parked nearby as gas tanks ruptured and exploded. Three cars caught on […]
April 1, 2019, Montreal – A downtown Montreal nightclub was heavily damaged early Monday by a fire police have deemed sufficiently “suspicious” to merit an investigation by the arson squad. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
April 1, 2019 – A man has died following a fire at a house in Brampton, Ont., Saturday night, Peel Regional Police say. Shortly before 9 p.m., fire and other emergency personnel were called to the scene for reports of a fire. Police said one male victim was taken to hospital where he later died. […]
Mar. 29, 2019, Windsor, Ont. – A family of four narrowly escaped a raging house fire early this morning in Windsor, N.S., where a baby and a toddler were dropped from the second floor into the arms of a firefighter as flames engulfed the home. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
Mar. 29, 2019, Sydney, N.S. – Two of Nova Scotia’s largest fire departments moved quickly to implement safety measures to protect their own in the wake of a tragic training incident that killed a firefighter from Truro this month, CBC News has learned. Skyler Blackie, 28, died in hospital 11 days after suffering a head […]
Mar. 29, 2019, Montreal – An early morning fire tore through a building in Griffintown Friday, and by the start of the morning rush hour 80 firefighters remained on the scene battling a blaze that broke out at 4 a.m. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
Mar. 28, 2019, Welland, Ont. – Firefighters quickly knocked down a barn fire in rural east Welland Wednesday afternoon. About 20 members of Welland Fire and Emergency Services, with aid from a Niagara Falls Fire Department tanker, had the fire under control in less than a half-hour, Chief Brian Kennedy said at the scene. The […]
Mar. 28, 2019, Lacolle, Que. – A body was found in the aftermath of a fire in Lacolle Monday night, provincial police say. The fire department was called around 9:30 p.m. to a building in the town about 60 kilometres south of Montreal, near the U.S. border. They arrived to find the building engulfed in […]