Category: Headlines

Nov. 2, 2018, Victoria, B.C. – Fire inspectors and Victoria police are investigating three suspicious fires within a two-block radius on Halloween night. There were no injuries, but the estimated damage to property is over $100,000. The Times Colonist reports. | READ MORE

Nov. 2, 2018, Oliphant, Ont. – An investigator with the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal believes a portable heater caused a house fire Tuesday morning which left a 17-year-old with life-threatening, which since were upgraded to serious, and three others with lesser injuries. The Owen Sound Sun Times reports. | READ MORE

Nov. 1, 2018, Saskatoon – Improper storage of boxes and paper was the cause of a fire at a restaurant in Sutherland. The Saskatoon Fire Department was alerted smoke was coming from Donair & Pizza Palace at roughly 11:20 p.m. Tuesday. Global News reports. | READ MORE

Nov. 1, 2018, Vaughan, Ont. – Two people are dead after a multi-vehicle collision involving a tanker truck on a major toll highway north of Toronto, officials say. The fuel tanker burst into flames on Highway 407, in Vaughan, Ont., just before 5 p.m. ET, according to the Ontario Provincial Police. CBC News reports. | READ MORE

Nov. 1, 2018, Calgary – A Calgary landlord has been slapped with a $40,000 fine for violating the fire code in a secondary suite rented to a woman and her son. CBC News reports. | READ MORE

Oct. 31, 2018, Edmonton – Fire crews sealed a gas leak in an industrial area Tuesday afternoon that stank up a swath of south Edmonton. The Edmonton Journal reports. | READ MORE

Oct. 31, 2018, Piapot First Nation, Sask. – A fire at the water treatment plant on the Piapot First Nation has put the community in a state of emergency, according to Chief Jeremy Fourhorns. CBC News reports. | READ MORE

Oct. 31, 2018, Toronto – An early morning fire has destroyed a house under construction in south Etobicoke on Wednesday, but no one was injured in the blaze. CBC News reports. | READ MORE

Oct. 30, 2018, Sarnia, Ont. – Overtime in Sarnia’s fire service continues to have a big impact on the city’s financials. Projections are $1.1 million will be paid out by end of December, mostly to cover shift requirements as several firefighters have been off on extended leave for workplace-incurred injuries and illnesses, said Fire Chief John Kingyens. The Sarnia Observer reports. | READ MORE

Oct. 30, 2018, Edmonton – A fire destroyed a Pick-n-Pull shop in northwest Edmonton Sunday morning. Fire crews were called to the business — which buys and sells recycled auto parts, salvage vehicles and scrap metal — at around 3:30 a.m. CBC News reports. | READ MORE