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Forest fire largest in 10 years
Posted by HalifaxHooligan on Jul 2, 2009 @ 7:40AM

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AB -

The largest forest fire Woodlands County has had in more than 10 years is starting to simmer, thanks to the fast response of fire crews...[ read more ]

Source: Whitecourt Star (click for full story)
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Esquimalt Fire Department to undergo extensive audit
Posted by ndvfd_ff33 on Jul 2, 2009 @ 7:40AM

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ESQUIMALT, BC - A far-reaching and unexpected audit of the Esquimalt Fire Department was announced Monday night at the Esquimalt council meeting...[ read more ]

Source: Times Colonist (click for full story)
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B.C. government paying 750 people $15 per hour to attend wildfire firefighting classes
Posted by ndvfd_ff33 on Jul 2, 2009 @ 7:39AM

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BC - British Columbia will train 750 people to fight wildfires in a pre-emptive move to deal with tinder-dry forests and a fire season that's striking raging and faster than usual...[ read more ]

Source: Times Colonist (click for full story)
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Manitoba barn blaze kills 7,500 hogs
Posted by ndvfd_ff33 on Jul 2, 2009 @ 7:38AM

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ZHODA, MB - A fire that began Wednesday morning at a hog barn near Zhoda, Man., has killed about 7,500 hogs...[ read more ]

Source: CBC (click for full story)
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Fires at three London schools
Posted by HalifaxHooligan on Jul 2, 2009 @ 7:37AM

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LONDON, ON - Firebugs struck three London schools yesterday and this morning, the latest in a string of suspicious fires in the city...[ read more ]

Source: London Free Press (click for full story)
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String of car fires being investigated by police
Posted by HalifaxHooligan on Jul 2, 2009 @ 7:36AM

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OTTAWA, ON - Police are investigating a rash of car fires at a car dealership on the 400 block of Churchill Avenue...[ read more ]

Source: Your Barrhaven (click for full story)
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Fire truck rolls over into ditch to avoid accident
Posted by HalifaxHooligan on Jul 2, 2009 @ 7:35AM

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WHITBY, ON - Firefighters in Whitby had a close call on Tuesday when their fire truck rolled over into a ditch...[ read more ]

Source: CTV.ca (click for full story)
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Fire cuts off long-distance calling for some northern communities
Posted by HalifaxHooligan on Jul 2, 2009 @ 7:34AM

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MB - A fire has effectively cut off communication for more than 1,000 people in northern Manitoba...[ read more ]

Source: CBC (click for full story)
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Cause of Grain Show Building fire difficult to determine
Posted by ndvfd_ff33 on Jul 2, 2009 @ 7:33AM

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REGINA, SK - The Regina Fire Department is continuing to investigate the June 14 fire that destroyed Regina's historic Grain Show Building...[ read more ]

Source: Leader Post (click for full story)
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Man saved in apartment fire
Posted by HalifaxHooligan on Jun 30, 2009 @ 7:51AM

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CALGARY, AB - Good Samaritans - Two men are being credited with helping to save another man from an apartment fire Saturday afternoon in the city's northeast...[ read more ]

Source: Calgary Herald (click for full story)
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Blaze razes 55 townhouses
Posted by HalifaxHooligan on Jun 30, 2009 @ 7:50AM

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MISSISSAUGA, ON - Damage could top $5 million after fire ravaged 55 Mississauga townhouses under construction overnight in an inferno that mirrored another one in the same neighbourhood five months ag...[ read more ]

Source: Toronto Sun (click for full story)
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Veteran firefighter takes his final bow
Posted by TANGOTANGO on Jun 30, 2009 @ 7:49AM

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EDSON, AB - The Edson Fire Department’s longest serving firefighter has some fond and not-so-fond memories of his 46 years of service...[ read more ]

Source: Edson Leader (click for full story)
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Line-of-duty death
Posted by HalifaxHooligan on Jun 30, 2009 @ 7:49AM

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EDMONTON, AB - Alberta firefighters buried one of their own yesterday while urging the province to add to the list of "presumptive" job-related cancers it recognizes for compensation...[ read more ]

Source: Edmonton Sun (click for full story)
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20 suspicious fires in London
Posted by HalifaxHooligan on Jun 30, 2009 @ 7:48AM

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LONDON, ON - London police are probing 20 suspicious fires in the last few months, including one that destroyed a hotel...[ read more ]

Source: Toronto Sun (click for full story)
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Fatal house fire spread 'like wildfire'
Posted by ndvfd_ff33 on Jun 30, 2009 @ 7:47AM

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AFTON, NS - The victim of a fatal Saturday night fire at Paqtnkek First Nation in Afton was a helpful handyman who lived alone with his dog, a relative said...[ read more ]

Source: The Chronicle Herald (click for full story)
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Aylmer man dies in fire
Posted by ndvfd_ff33 on Jun 30, 2009 @ 7:46AM

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OTTAWA, ON - When a fatal fire broke out in a 10-storey Aylmer apartment building before dawn Monday, many residents stayed in their apartments because the building has been plagued with many false al...[ read more ]

Source: Ottawa Citizen (click for full story)
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Regina Fire Department's Grant Nicurity going out in blaze of glory
Posted by ndvfd_ff33 on Jun 30, 2009 @ 7:43AM

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REGINA, SK - Grant Nicurity was in Grade 4 when a classmate's father, a captain with the Regina Fire Department (RFD), pulled up to school in a shiny red fire truck...[ read more ]

Source: Leader Post (click for full story)
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Buckmaster Circle fire seems to be no accident: official
Posted by TVFDFF on Jun 30, 2009 @ 7:42AM

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ST. JOHN'S, NL - A fire that destroyed part of a community centre in a neighbourhood of St. John's appears to have been deliberately set, an official said Monday...[ read more ]

Source: The Telegram (click for full story)
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Forest Fire Prompts RCMP in Labrador to Evacuate Cabin Owners
Posted by TVFDFF on Jun 28, 2009 @ 11:58PM

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HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, NL - Happy Valley-Goose Bay RCMP say they have evacuated anyone visiting cabins in the Grand Lake area of Willburn Bay until further notice because of a forest fire burning bet...[ read more ]

Source: VOCM (click for full story)
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Island fires spark concern
Posted by ndvfd_ff33 on Jun 28, 2009 @ 11:57PM

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NANAIMO, BC - RCMP and the Ministry of Forests are investigating a string of suspicious fires in Nanaimo...[ read more ]

Source: The Province (click for full story)
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Several families homeless after east-end fire
Posted by ndvfd_ff33 on Jun 28, 2009 @ 11:56PM

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MONTREAL, QC - About 15 people were forced out of their dwellings by a three alarm fire early Sunday in the Mercier/Hochelaga/Maisonneuve borough...[ read more ]

Source: Montreal Gazette (click for full story)
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Walker Rd. fire destroys Rally Towing
Posted by ndvfd_ff33 on Jun 28, 2009 @ 11:55PM

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WINDSOR, ON - A fire at an auto repair and parts shop Saturday evening caused an estimated $100,000 in damage, police said...[ read more ]

Source: The Windsor Star (click for full story)
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Paramedics threaten to walk
Posted by ndvfd_ff33 on Jun 28, 2009 @ 11:54PM

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TORONTO, ON - Paramedics in Canada's largest city may not be on the job tomorrow, their union rep warns...[ read more ]

Source: Toronto Sun (click for full story)
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Duplex blaze suspicious: Calgary fire department
Posted by ndvfd_ff33 on Jun 28, 2009 @ 11:53PM

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CALGARY, AB - A two-alarm fire at a Calgary duplex Saturday morning is suspicious, firefighters say.

The city's fire department responded to a call in the 6800 block of 7th Street S.W...[ read more ]

Source: CBC (click for full story)
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Arson suspected in Cranbrook forest blazes
Posted by HalifaxHooligan on Jun 28, 2009 @ 11:53PM

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CRANBROOK, BC - RCMP in Cranbrook, B.C., are investigating a series of suspicious fires on Wednesday night that could have threatened the entire city...[ read more ]

Source: CBC (click for full story)
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