The Ontario Court of Justice has handed down a $15,000 fine on a St. Catharines residential care facility for providing misleading information to fire officials. Officials say the operators of Queenchester Terrace provided false information to St. Catharines Fire Services relating to minimum staffing.
A dramatic video shows the shocking size of a massive “fire tornado” in St. Albert, Alberta, last week that forced a firefighter to jump into a river to escape the flames.
Some charitable organizations are sounding the alarm after a weekend fire exposed deplorable living conditions in a rooming house in Moncton. The groups say deteriorating buildings and a lack of power and water are becoming all too common for the less fortunate.
The Great Fire of Toronto, April 19, 1904, destroyed a large section of downtown Toronto. It was the second such fire for the city in its then short history,
Paramedic Lisa Jennings found herself living in her car for 10 days this year. The car became a temporary home after she had to leave the garage she was renting with $375 of her $906 monthly B.C.disability allowance.
Philadelphia fire investigators had no scientific basis to conclude that a 1985 rowhouse fire in Oxford Circle was arson, a defense expert testified about the blaze that killed two boys and sent their father to death row for their murder.
Montreal has cancelled its plans to host the 2017 World Police and Fire Games, one of the largest international multidisciplinary sporting events on the planet, following a growing union movement to boycott the games.
An Alaska Airlines passenger`s phone burst into flames on a flight en route to Hawaii, and the airline and the FAA say they are investigating.
Residents of a Mississippi Mills, Ontario neighbourhood who recently found out their drinking water has been contaminated with chemicals found in firefighting foam want the neighbourhood National Research Council facility shut down until the problem is resolved.
Fire prevention strategies for First Nations communities can still be improved on, according to the Aboriginal Firefighters Association of Canada (AFAC). Richard Kent, AFAC secretary and treasurer, spent a week in Ottawa as part of a delegation discussing ways to better combat fires.