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Mar. 13, 2019, Orleans, Ont. – Firefighters made quick work of a blaze at an unoccupied Orléans pizza shop Monday night. A fire investigator was dispatched to the scene to determine the cause and dollar loss. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE

Mar. 13, 2019, Calgary – A man has died after being pulled from a home by fire crews responding to basement fire Tuesday morning, police say. The Calgary Herald reports. | READ MORE

Mar. 12, 2019, Carstairs, Alta. – Six people were treated for injuries after a multi-vehicle collision north of Calgary on Monday afternoon. Global News reports. | READ MORE

Mar. 12, 2019, Elgin County, Ont. – A 13-year-old has been charged after a fire broke out at a multi-unit residential building in Elgin County. Emergency crews were called to the blaze around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. CHCH News reports. | READ MORE

Mar. 12, 2019, Gatineau, Que. – Gatineau police are investigating after a body was pulled from the rubble of a fire near Les Promenades Gatineau overnight Sunday. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE

Mar. 12, 2019, Hay River, N.W.T. – The Town of Hay River declared a “local state of emergency” Sunday over a fire at the Hay River landfill. In a press release Sunday, the town said the local fire department has been managing a subsurface fire at the landfill since March 3, but that it flared up Saturday evening. CBC News reports. | READ MORE

Mar. 11, 2019, Truro, N.S. – A firefighter from Truro suffered significant injuries during a training exercise Saturday at the Nova Scotia Firefighters School in Waverley, N.S. CBC News reports. | READ MORE

Mar. 11, 2019, Niagara Falls, Ont. – An elderly Niagara Falls man was taken to hospital Sunday after neighbours rescued him from a bedroom fire. Niagara Falls Fire Department Platoon Chief Peter Methner said the fire erupted just past noon in the bedroom of a ground-floor apartment unit. When firefighters arrived, the resident was safely out of his bedroom, which was billowing smoke. The St. Catharines Standard reports. | READ MORE