Fire News Headlines

The theme of a recent Bond Head Women’s Institute meeting was safety — a message delivered by guest speaker, Bradford West Gwillimbury Fire Chief Kevin Gallant.

A fire on the roof of the vacant, former McCormick-Beta Brands factory in east London on Tuesday is being treated by city police as suspicious.

An elderly woman was taken to hospital and a cat died following a house fire south of Lindsay on Sunday afternoon.

According to Orillia OPP, on Sunday at around 5 p.m., officers received a report of a fire at a home on Line 12. Officers say the Oro-Medonte Fire Department extinguished the fire.

Like the fire prevention officers before him, Charles Turpin will work to bring all of Port Colborne in compliance with both smoke and carbon monoxide alarm regulations.

GEORGIAN BLUFFS, Ont. — Provincial police have identified a man who died after a house fire in Georgian Bluffs, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police and firefighters were called to the home on Thursday evening.

A Grey Highlands family escaped carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday night when their carbon monoxide alarm went off. Fire Chief Marty Wellwood says a malfunctioning furnace was emitting CO in the home while the residents were sleeping.

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CLAC, the union representing volunteer firefighters throughout Greater Sudbury, is applauding the action taken by the Ontario government Thursday to strengthen the volunteer fire service and to protect full-time firefighters who also serve as volu

The Ontario government says it will propose amendments to the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997 that would allow municipalities to employ full-time firefighters who volunteer (double-hat) in their communities.