July 19, 2017, Saanich, B.C. – Two people leapt from a bedroom window to escape the flames that engulfed a Saanich home early Tuesday. A woman inside the home awoke about 2:15 a.m. to find heavy smoke in the living room. She and the other occupant were able to escape and phone 911. The Times […]
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July 19, 2017, Victoria – British Columbia’s new government is extending the state of emergency for two more weeks as wildfires sweeping across the province’s Interior show no signs of slowing. Premier John Horgan said his government’s first priority is to support the more than 45,000 people displaced by the fires, which have so far […]
July 19, 2017, Calgary – Calgary firefighters responded to Rideau Park School Tuesday evening after smoke and flames were seen coming from the roof of the building. The Calgary Sun reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
July 18, 2017, Toronto – Toronto paramedics transported a male in his 60s to hospital in life-threatening condition Monday after a fire broke out on the 11th floor of a residential highrise. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
July 18, 2017, Kamloops, B.C. – A British Columbia official says getting people to safety as fast-moving wildfires approached was only half the battle – the other half will be returning them home. (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
July 18, 2017, Vancouver – Several Vancouver firefighters and emergency response personnel have been sent to help fight some of the wildfires raging in B.C.’s interior. Last week, six members of Canada Task Force-1, Vancouver’s heavy urban search and rescue team, headed the provincial emergency operations centres in Prince George and Kamloops. The Vancouver Courier […]
July 18, 2017, Halifax -A group of elite Nova Scotia firefighters will join the front lines battling wildfires burning across British Columbia. Twenty highly-trained firefighters and a manager will board a chartered plane in Halifax that is transporting firefighters from across the region to Kamloops and Prince George in the British Columbia interior on Tuesday. […]
July 18, 2017, Kamloops, B.C. – After more than a week of waiting, some evacuees in central B.C. began hearing encouraging news about their properties on Monday. At a meeting in Kamloops on Monday night, officials told evacuees from 150 Mile House, 108 Mile Ranch and the part of 103 Mile House east of Highway […]
July 17, 2017, Kamloops, B.C. – Fast-moving wildfires in British Columbia are posing serious challenges for crews fighting to keep the flames from more than a dozen communities, officials said Sunday. (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
July 17, 2017, Lake Country, B.C. – Officials say eight homes and one outbuilding were destroyed in a rapidly burning fire that broke out in Lake Country Saturday afternoon. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico