Sept. 6, 2017, Ottawa – A fire broke out in Ottawa’s east end early Wednesday morning, and an investigation is underway. Several people called 911 just before 2 a.m. Wednesday to report flames coming from the front of a two-storey multi-unit residential building at in Vanier, firefighters said in a media release. CBC News reports. […]
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Sept. 6, 2017, Ottawa – Eight people, including several teens, are displaced after a fire in a low-rise apartment building in Vanier early Wednesday. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Sept. 6, 2017, Windsor, Ont. – A Windsor man has been charged with arson following a fire at a residential building on Wyandotte Street West that caused an estimated $50,000 in damage. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Sept. 6, 2017, Neudorf, Sask. – Residents of a small village in southeastern Saskatchewan are reeling after the community’s historic hotel went up in flames over the weekend. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Sept. 6, 2017, Mount Elgin, Ont. – A barn fire in Oxford County was extinguished Tuesday before it could cause significant damage or kill any pigs. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Sept. 5, 2017, Montreal – A woman who allegedly left a baby alone in a Montreal apartment that caught fire is facing a new charge of obstructing police work. Josee Milot pleaded not guilty in court today. Police believe she started cooking something on the stove early morning last Thursday and then left the apartment […]
Sept. 5, 2017, Poplar River, Man. – Hundreds of people who escaped wildfires in northern Manitoba near Poplar River First Nation begin their journey home Tuesday. About 750 people were forced from their homes beginning Aug. 11 after lightning ignited a forest fire south of the community. They were helped by the Canadian Red Cross. […]
Sept. 5, 2017, Winnipeg – A 27-year-old Winnipeg man has been arrested after 21 vehicles were deliberately set on fire in the city over the past few weeks, police said. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Sept. 5, 2017, North Vancouver – Firefighters on the North Shore had a busy long weekend rescuing injured people from hiking trails and bodies of water, including one cliff jumper who had to be pulled out of Lynn Canyon on a stretcher. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Sept. 5, 2017, Saskatoon, Sask. – The Saskatoon Fire Department wants to hire two experienced fire inspectors, at an estimated cost of $125,000 per year each, to deal with a backlog of building and property inspections. Fire Chief Morgan Hackl told the CBC Saskatoon currently has 12 inspectors, a number that hasn’t grown since 2012. […]