Fire-ravaged court building in Saguenay Lac-St-Jean will be rebuilt, Quebec government says
May 10, 2021 The Canadian PressThe Quebec government on Sunday announced plans to rebuild a historic courthouse in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region that was heavily damaged by fire and smoke the previous night. Andree Laforest, the legislature member for the region, confirmed the province would help…
Flames rip through Alberta retirement complex
May 7, 2021 The Canadian PressST. ALBERT, Alta. – Fire has destroyed part of a retirement complex northwest of Edmonton. Officials say three residents suffered smoke inhalation but no one has died. Flames broke out at Citadel Mews West Continuing Care Facility in St. Albert…
Flames destroy unfinished condo in Langley, B.C., force nearby residents to evacuate
April 20, 2021 The Canadian PressLANGLEY, B.C. – A huge fire has destroyed two six-storey condominium towers under construction in Langley, B.C. The fire broke out at around 9:30 p.m. Monday at the development in Langley’s Willoughby neighbourhood, about 45 kilometres east of Vancouver. The…
Fire sweeps through unfinished condos in Kelowna, B.C., forcing nearby evacuations
April 8, 2021 The Canadian PressKELOWNA, B.C. – A condominium development under construction in Kelowna, B.C., has been severely damaged in a fierce early morning blaze. Flames broke out in a new phase of the Parklane townhouse complex on Kelowna’s north side on Tuesday. Fire…
‘Fire and ice:’ Weather leads to grass fires, slippery highways in southern Alberta
March 31, 2021 The Canadian PressBROOKS, Alta. – A fast-moving weather system in Alberta brought both fire and ice, resulting in the evacuation of a village one day and a multi-vehicle collision that closed the Trans-Canada Highway between Medicine Hat and Calgary the next. About…
No working smoke alarms at fatal Toronto house fire, investigators say
March 12, 2021 Liam Casey - THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO – There were no working smoke alarms inside a Toronto house where a fire killed four people, investigators said Friday. The Office of the Fire Marshal said an electrical failure in the ceiling of the dining room in the…
Probe points to discarded smoking materials as likely cause of B.C. apartment building fire
February 24, 2021 The Canadian PressABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Improperly discarded smoking materials likely played a part in a recent fire in an Abbotsford, B.C., apartment building that left more than 100 people homeless. Assistant chief Ron Hull, with Abbotsford Fire Rescue Services, says the extent…
Four dead, several injured in three-alarm house fire in Toronto’s east end
January 29, 2021 Liam Casey and John Chidley-Hill - THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO – Four people were killed and several others were injured after flames ripped through an east-end Toronto home early Friday. Toronto’s fire service said six people were taken from the home and two were in hospital. Deborah Bies, who…
Nighttime fire in western P.E.I. seniors home forces evacuation
January 19, 2021 The Canadian PressWELLINGTON, P.E.I. – A fire inside a seniors home in western P.E.I. forced 47 residents from the building on Monday night, but there were no reports of serious injuries. Desmond Arsenault, spokesman for the Wellington Fire Department, says soon after…
Truck fire in Nova Scotia turns propane cylinders into projectiles
June 25, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESSDEBERT, N.S. – A cleanup is underway in Debert, N.S., after a transport truck carrying over 1,000 propane cylinders caught fire. Nobody was injured in Sunday’s blaze on the Plains Road, which turned a large number of the nine-kilogram cylinders…
Why home fire risk has increased in Ontario
May 5, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESSOntario’s fire marshal says there’s been an increase in fire deaths this year as COVID-19 measures force many people to stay home and do more home cooking. Jon Pegg says there have been 51 fire fatalities between Jan. 1 and…
Commercial clients should do this before they leave for the day
January 16, 2020 by Greg MeckbachAre your clients checking the bathrooms before they leave work for the day? “The last thing you want is to leave someone with access to your property after the doors have been locked,” Northbridge Insurance noted in Closing time: Making…