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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.

North Bay Fire Chief Jason Whiteley says the rash of fires recently in North Bay is the most he has experienced since he joined the North Bay Fire Department in September of 2016.

Officials say one woman is unaccounted for following a fire that destroyed a home in Pickering early this morning.

Bluewater fire chief Dave Renner came to council on March 19 to voice his concerns with the new firefighter regulations that have been enforced by fire departments across the province.

A Brampton district fire chief is in hospital after a violent crash in Brampton early Tuesday.

Careless smoking caused a fire that killed an elderly woman at a retirement home in Bancroft earlier this month, the Ontario Fire Marshall’s Office said.