Sept. 1, 2017, Kamloops, B.C. – The Elephant Hill wildfire has grown again. BC Wildfire Service estimates recorded Thursday had the fire at 181,273 hectares. Fire Information Officer Claire Allen says the majority of growth came on the north flank, spurred by gusty winds from the southwest. CJFC Today reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated […]
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Sept. 1, 2017, Kitchener, Ont. – Plumes of dark smoke filled the sky above Earl’s Auto Parts after a fire in the yard destroyed two cars and part of a storage shed late Thursday morning. The Kitchener-Waterloo Record reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Sept. 1, 2017, Lethbridge, Alta. – Emergency crews were called to the scene of a fire at the Winston Villa Apartment building in Lethbridge Thursday afternoon. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Sept. 1, 2017, Edmonton – A man neighbours described as a loner who kept to himself died early Thursday after a fire broke out in the basement of his west-Edmonton home. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Sept. 1, 2017, Gibsons, B.C. – No one was seriously injured, but the damage is extensive after fire swept through one of the buildings at the Park Rise condo complex in Gibsons. The Coast Reporter reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 31, 2017, Silver Sands, Alta. – An Alberta woman has demanded a review after private fire fighting crews handed her a bill totalling over $28,000 for a blaze that gutted her one-storey home last April. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 31, 2017, Winnipeg – A former Winnipeg firefighter is heading to prison for six months after stealing money and jewelry from a dead woman’s apartment while on a call. Provincial court Judge Kael McKenzie sentenced Darren Fedyck on Wednesday for theft under $5,000. In October 2015, Fedyck and his crew were called to a […]
Aug. 30, 2017, Wasagamack, Man. – Forest fires are prompting the evacuation of some 3,700 people from three First Nation communities in northern Manitoba. The fires are closest to the Wasagamack First Nation, some 600 kilometres north of Winnipeg, and all 2,000 residents are being moved out. There is no airstrip in the community, so […]
Aug. 30, 2017, Surrey, B.C. – Fire crews quickly knocked down an intense fire at an abandoned house in downtown Surrey, B.C., early Wednesday. When crews arrived around 1:30 a.m. they found the home engulfed in flames. Firefighters had to fight the massive fire defensively to prevent it from spreading. Global News reports. | READ […]
Aug. 30, 2017, Thunder Bay, Ont. – The City of Thunder Bay says an interest arbitration ruling on a three-year collective agreement with the Thunder Bay Firefighters Association, awarded Tuesday, will add to the increasing costs of providing tax-supported emergency services to the public. The city said in a press release firefighters have been awarded […]