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A man is dead after a house fire on Queen Street in the Hespeler area early Thursday. A family of three — a husband, his wife and eight-year-old daughter — escaped the blaze at their home but a friend who lived in the basement died.

Whitby Fire Chief Dave Speed’s passion for home fire sprinklers was sparked early on in his career.

The union representing Oshawa’s fire fighters has taken their concerns with the lack of cooperation from Oshawa Fire Services around the creation of an updated risk assessment for the city directly to councillors.

The acting leader of the London fire department, Lori Hamer, has revealed she is applying to be the permanent chief. Hamer made the disclosure on CBC Radio One's London Morning.

On Nov. 1, 2007, a group of volunteer firefighters stepped down from the Orangeville fire service after pressure from their union. The reason was two-hatting.

Kirkland Lake Fire Services responded to a fire at 10 Government Road Saturday afternoon. The building, which houses Ontario government offices, suffered extensive damage. There were no injuries or fatalities.

Work is expected to begin in the fall on three new fire halls in Cainsville, Scotland and Onondaga at a cost of more than $3.5 million.

The cause is still unknown, but the early-morning blaze that destroyed part of a family-owned Sebringville livestock trucking company has inflicted $500,000 in damage.

Cancer is a leading cause of death among Canadian firefighters, according to a University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) study, which draws on a decade of data from worker compensation boards.

Just over half of the residences that caught fire last year in Hamilton had working smoke alarms.