Fire News Headlines

An 18-year-old university student from China is dead and three others were sent to hospital after a house fire in east Toronto, authorities said Wednesday.

A University of Toronto student has died following a fire at a Scarborough home early this morning. The fire broke out at a single, detached house on Haida Court, near Morningside Avenue and Ellesmere Road, shortly before 2:30 a.m.

A persistent fire destroyed the former Hook’s restaurant in south London early Tuesday evening. There were no injuries. Deputy Fire Chief Jack Burt said two workers were in the building when the blaze broke out at about 5:45 p.m.

Dryden city council has voted to adopt a new model for the fire service that includes a combination of volunteer firefighters and contract firefighters.

In 42 years of firefighting, Courtenay Fire Chief Don Bardonnex has seen just about everything, from fatal fires to plane crashes to river rescues and deadly car collisions.

There’s been a stalemate in the ongoing issues regarding the former Renfrew fire chief.

Swift Current City Fire Chief Denis Pilon's last day on the job is Friday, and his replacement will be an internal one.

The future of Dryden's fire service is expected to be decided by the northwestern Ontario city's council Monday evening.

Seven people are displaced after flames tore through an apartment building in Wellesley on Sunday. The Ontario Fire Marshal says the fire has been ruled accidental but says fire alarms were not working in at least two of the units.

The Office of the Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of a fire that claimed the lives of 16 horses at Sunnybrook Stables early this morning.