Fire News Headlines

Fire crews contended with dangers including arcing power transformers, live wires and a collapsing roof while battling a three-alarm blaze at a Star Top Road commercial complex Wednesday evening.

The city of Hamilton has donated a pair of surplus fire trucks to Couchiching and Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nations in northwestern Ontario.

Damage is estimated in the millions of dollars after an evening fire at an east end business. Firefighters responded to calls about the fire on Star Top Road just before 8 p.m.

Faced with a city surging in growth, Oshawa Fire Services saw a steady increase to its workload in 2017, including several major fires, but for Chief Derrick Clark, his team is managing the extra work without issue.

Ottawa Fire Services’ spokeswoman was walking the fire safety talk even on a day off Wednesday when a carpet cleaners’ van caught fire in her Elmvale-area driveway. “Got to practice what I preach,” Danielle Cardinal joked on Twitter.

A fire investigator is examining the cause of a blaze at a Munster farmhouse Tuesday night but it was clear that two residents won’t be able to return home, the fire department reports. Damage is pegged at $500,000.

Confusion over fire prevention programs offered by an-out-of-town company prompted several comments of concern to Kincardine’s Fire Chief.

There is a new fire chief for the Town of Leamington. After an extensive search, the town has hired Andrew Baird to take over on August 23rd.

Port Colborne’s fire chief says the department is being swamped by calls about hoarding across the city and is calling on the various agencies tasked with serving vulnerable people in the community to help tackle the issue.  

Innisfil Fire Chief Jon Pegg is abandoning his bunker gear in favour of a provincial recruitment.   Pegg has been hired as Ontario’s chief of emergency management.