Last of central Alberta fire evacuees allowed to go home Posted by web-chief on May 17, 2013 @ 3:22PM
Snippet: NORDEGG, AB - The last of the evacuees forced from their homes by fires in west-central Alberta are being allowed to return...[ read more ] Source: The Canadian Press (click for full story)
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Massive fire strikes Springwater industrial building Posted by web-chief on May 17, 2013 @ 9:36AM
Snippet: SPRINGWATER, ON - The cause of a massive industrial fire in Springwater is under investigation...[ read more ] Source: 1075 Kool FM (click for full story)
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Slave Lake mall sues firefighters two years after wildfire Posted by web-chief on May 17, 2013 @ 9:35AM
Snippet: EDMONTON, AB - The company that owns a Slave Lake shopping centre is suing the town and local fire department for $3 million in damages caused by what it claims was “improper and inadequate” firefight...[ read more ] Source: The Edmonton Journal (click for full story)
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Waterloo Fire Rescue considers inspection cuts Posted by web-chief on May 17, 2013 @ 9:35AM
Snippet: WATERLOO, ON - Waterloo Fire Rescue may cancel non-mandated inspections — including those for daycares, group homes and public halls — to focus on other priorities...[ read more ] Source: The Record (click for full story)
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Barn fire spreads to Ops home Posted by web-chief on May 17, 2013 @ 9:34AM
Snippet: OPS TOWNSHIP, ON - A fire that started in a barn on Highway 35 North in Ops Township this afternoon (May 16) has also damaged a home on the property...[ read more ] Source: MyKawartha.com (click for full story)
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Suspicious fire at vacant slaughterhouse Posted by web-chief on May 17, 2013 @ 9:30AM
Snippet: BLENHEIM, ON - Fire crews are investigating after a blaze broke out at an old slaughter house in Blenheim...[ read more ] Source: Blackburn News (click for full story)
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Police probe suspicious apartment fire Posted by web-chief on May 17, 2013 @ 9:29AM
Snippet: ST. JOHN'S, NL - The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says a fire that has left a mother and her young son temporarily homeless is suspicious...[ read more ] Source: The Canadian Press (click for full story)
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Fire damages several homes in L'Epiphanie Posted by web-chief on May 17, 2013 @ 9:26AM
Snippet: L'EPIPHANIE, QC - The Surete du Quebec is investigating a fire that destroyed a building and badly damaged several others in L'Epiphanie...[ read more ] Source: CTV News (click for full story)
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St. Catharines townhouse fire leaves family dog dead Posted by web-chief on May 17, 2013 @ 9:23AM
Snippet: ST. CATHARINES, ON - A quick-burning fire gutted a north-St. Catharines townhouse and left a family pet dead Thursday afternoon.
The blaze inside Unit 110 of 286 Cushman Rd...[ read more ] Source: The St. Catharines Standard (click for full story)
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Crews called to garage explosion, fire in Devon Posted by web-chief on May 17, 2013 @ 9:16AM
Snippet: EDMONTON, AB - A garage in Devon was destroyed, after an explosion was heard Thursday afternoon.
Bystanders said they heard an explosion at about 6:30 p.m...[ read more ] Source: CTV News (click for full story)
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Vancouver restaurant damaged by fire Posted by web-chief on May 17, 2013 @ 9:15AM
Snippet: VANCOUVER, BC - A fire in a two-storey buillding on Broadway near Ontario is now out.
Battalion Chief Brian Simonson says the two-alarm fire broke out around 9 a.m...[ read more ] Source: News 1130 (click for full story)
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Firefighters return to site of fire that threatened 20 homes Posted by web-chief on May 17, 2013 @ 9:14AM
Snippet: WINNIPEG, MB - The ground was still smouldering Thursday morning as firefighters returned to the site of a grass fire in south Winnipeg that threatened multiple homes on Wednesday...[ read more ] Source: Global News (click for full story)
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Man sent to hospital after car rolls, catches fire Posted by web-chief on May 17, 2013 @ 9:14AM
Snippet: BALLS CREEK, NS - A man is seriously hurt after a car went off the Trans-Canada Highway in Cape Breton and came to a stop in a wooded area...[ read more ] Source: The Canadian Press (click for full story)
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Fire damages Saskatoon home Posted by web-chief on May 17, 2013 @ 9:13AM
Snippet: SASKATOON, SK - Fire officials don’t know the cause of a fire that ripped through the basement of a home on Idylwyld Drive Thursday night in Saskatoon causing about $5,000 in damage...[ read more ] Source: CBC News (click for full story)
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Anarchists claim responsibility for torched duplex in East Vancouver Posted by web-chief on May 16, 2013 @ 2:43PM
Snippet: VANCOUVER, BC - A group calling itself the Anti-Gentrification Front is claiming responsibility for setting fire to an East Vancouver duplex in protest against encroaching development...[ read more ] Source: The Canadian Press (click for full story)
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No charges to be laid in 2011 Slave Lake wildfire Posted by web-chief on May 16, 2013 @ 9:53AM
Snippet: EDMONTON, AB - On the second anniversary of the Slave Lake wildfire, RCMP say the task force investigating the cause of the blaze has been unable to find evidence to lay charges — or even confirm that...[ read more ] Source: The Edmonton Journal (click for full story)
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Fire destroys pair of apartment buildings in Montreal Posted by web-chief on May 16, 2013 @ 9:19AM
Snippet: MONTREAL, QC - Fire destroyed a pair of vacant multistorey apartment buildings in Montreal North on Wednesday...[ read more ] Source: CBC News (click for full story)
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Firefighters bring Winninpeg grass fire under control Posted by web-chief on May 16, 2013 @ 9:12AM
Snippet: WINNIPEG, MB - A grass fire in a south Winnipeg neighbourhood has been brought under control late Wednesday.
The fire near Fraser Road was reported shortly after 4 p.m...[ read more ] Source: CBC News (click for full story)
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Deputy chief concerned about grass fires near train tracks Posted by web-chief on May 16, 2013 @ 9:11AM
Snippet: REGINA, SK - Regina's deputy fire chief wants a meeting with CP Rail to talk about ways to keep trains from sparking grass fires...[ read more ] Source: The Canadian Press (click for full story)
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Two people dead after accident in Saskatchewan Posted by web-chief on May 16, 2013 @ 9:08AM
Snippet: VICTOIRE, SK - A single-vehicle accident near Victoire, Sask., left a car upside-down in a slough and two people dead...[ read more ] Source: The Canadian Press (click for full story)
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Fire crews respond to Ottawa industrial blaze Posted by web-chief on May 16, 2013 @ 9:07AM
Snippet: OTTAWA, ON - Fire crews are on the scene of an industrial fire in Ottawa's east end.
Crews were called to a paper recycling warehouse (on Sheffield Avenue) fire this morning...[ read more ] Source: The Canadian Press (click for full story)
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Under Control Posted by web-chief on May 16, 2013 @ 8:42AM
Snippet: PRINCE ALBERT, SK - The concept of succession planning has been around for quite some time; this is a healthy sign of the progression of our profession and, to some extent, it is also a sign of the ti...[ read more ] Source: Fire Fighting in Canada (click for full story)
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Size-up Posted by web-chief on May 16, 2013 @ 8:42AM
Snippet: REDWOOD MEADOWS, AB - Wow, I am just full of blog posts this week. It must be the 20-plus degree weather that has finally arrived in our neck of the woods...[ read more ] Source: Fire Fighting in Canada (click for full story)
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Five people injured in three-alarm house fire Posted by MrFirefighter on May 16, 2013 @ 5:03AM
Snippet: TORONTO, ON - Five people were taken to hospital, including three firefighters, after a three-alarm blaze engulfed a North York home early Thursday morning...[ read more ] Source: CP24 News (click for full story)
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No injuries in St. John's apartment fire Posted by MrFirefighter on May 16, 2013 @ 4:45AM
Snippet: ST. JOHN'S, NL - A fire in the basement of an apartment building in St. John's sent dozens of people out into the rain for about an hour last night in St. John's...[ read more ] Source: CBC - Newfoundland and Labrador (click for full story)
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