Mandatory Sprinklers
From GFB, France Gélinas and Nickel Belt discuss reasons why sprinklers should be mandatory in retirement homes… read more
View ArticleLance Cumberbatch
Hoarding caused a major fire in Toronto last year. Lance Cumberbatch, Director of Investigations for Toronto City Hall, Lance Cumberbatch, explains how to cope with excessive clutter.… read more
View ArticleHONDA – FORD RECALLS
Honda Canada is voluntarily recalling almost 21-thousand model-year 2012 CR-V vehicles and about 800 model-year 2013 Acura ILX vehicles. Honda says it needs to replace both front door latches and, in...
View ArticleYONGE STREE AT DAVENPORT COULD BE CLOSED FOR NEXT TWO DAYS
It’s a big disruption for residents of a Yorkville high-rise including some older zoomers. Officials say they may not be able to return home for several days after a three-alarm fire very early this...
View ArticleTORONTO SCHOOL TRUSTEE CRITICAL AFTER HOUSE FIRE
A Toronto District School Board trustee has been critically hurt in a house fire in the city’s west end. Fire officials say flames broke out in the kitchen around 7:30 p.m. Saturday and then spread...
View ArticleBUILDING DESTROYED IN EARLY-MORNING TORONTO FIRE
A four alarm fire caused a portion of a building to collapse this morning on the corner of Broadview and Gerrard in Toronto’s east Chinatown. The blaze broke out at about 5:00 a.m. in the upper part of...
View Article$2 MILLION IN FIRE DAMAGE TO ST. JACOBS FARMER’S MARKET
Damage is estimated at around $2 million in a blaze that gutted the main building at a popular farmer’s market north of Waterloo. Fire crews were called out early Monday morning and found a 24,000...
View ArticleFIRE IN SENIORS HIGHRISE LEAVE ONE PERSON DEAD
Firefighters are still at the scene of a deadly fire that swept through a highrise with mostly senior residents in London, Ontario leaving at least one person dead. About 20 other people were sent to...
View ArticleC-N RAIL SAYS IT’S SAFE, DESPITE TANKER CAR FIRE NEAR EDMONTON
C-N Rail says it has an excellent safety record. It’s defending its record after a third derailment in a month that involved hazerdous materials. The most recent one took place Saturday when 13...
View ArticleCRANE OPERATOR PULLED FROM ABOVE A RAGING FIRE IN KINGSTON
A raging fire at a construction site in Kingston forced the evacuation of an entire neighbourhood, and caused some frightening moments for a construction crane operator. The operator was trapped in the...
View ArticleFIRE AT QUEBEC SENIOR’S HOME CLAIMES THREE – DEATHS EXPECTED TO RISE
It was a tragic scene in the tiny Quebec town of L’Isle-Verte near Trios-Rivieres as elderly residents of a senior’s home cried in vain to be saved from flames that engulfed them. The fire was so...
View ArticleQUEEN SENDS MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE TO VICTIMS OF QUEBEC NURSING HOME FIRE
The Queen and Prince Philip have sent condolences to the families of people who died in the seniors’ residence fire in Quebec. In her message the Queen writes that she and Philip were saddened to learn...
View ArticleDEATH TOLL RISES IN QUEBEC SENIOR’S HOME FIRE
Eight people are now confirmed dead and about another 30 are missing after fire tore through a seniors’ residence in eastern Quebec. The previous number of dead was confirmed at three. The fire...
View ArticleQUEBEC SENIOR’S HOME FIRE DEATH TOLL RISES
The number of dead in the seniors residence fire in L’Isle Verte, Quebec has risen to 14 and another 18 are missing after Thursday’s devastating blaze. The fire destroyed the residence in L’Isle-Verte,...
View ArticleQUEBEC FIRE VICTIMS REMEMBERED
A memorial service was held today for the victims of a fire at a seniors residence in eastern Quebec. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Governor General David Johnston were joined by about 900 other...
View ArticleHISTORIC EDMONTON THEATRE DESTROYED BY FIRE
A historic entertainment venue in Edmonton that traced its roots back to the late 1930s has been destroyed by fire. Flames erupted overnight in the Roxy Theatre, in a west-central Edmonton...
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DEADLY SENIORS APARTMENT FIRE IN SCARBOROUGH
Two are dead, a dozen were taken to hospital after fire broke out at a seniors’ apartment building in Scarborough’s Malvern neighbourhood. Ages and genders are not known. Nor is the cause of the blaze...
View ArticleSPRINKLERS WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN SENIORS BUILDING BLAZE SAYS FIRE...
A Toronto Fire official says a fatal fire at a seniors residence on Friday would have been put out more quickly if the building had been fully equipped with sprinklers. Thick, acrid smoke from burning...
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FIRE DESTROYS INDIA’S NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
Rare specimens of flora and fauna have been lost in a massive fire that’s destroyed India’s National Museum of Natural History in the capital New Delhi. The blaze started on the sixth floor early this...
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FATAL FIRE AT SCARBOROUGH T-C-H BUILDING WAS ARSON
The fatal fire at a Toronto Community Housing building in Scarborough nearly one year ago, that left four seniors dead, was deliberately set. (CP 24) The Ontario Fire Marshal, Toronto fire and police...
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