Fire News Headlines

Owen Sound's mayor says consultants continue to work on a fire services review for the city. In the spring, KCB Inc. was retained to complete a $42,000 assessment with a written report expected by September.

Firefighters have contained a series of small grass fires along the eastbound lanes of Highway 401 west of Port Hope.

Laurentian Valley Fire Chief, Tim Sutcliffe has confirmed that one person was killed in a fire Friday night on Round Lake Road. The home by TV Tower Road was completely gutted by the blaze and deemed a complete loss.

The Municipalities of Huron-Kinloss, Kincardine and Saugeen Shores have declared an fire ban due to lack of rainfall and forecasted hot, dry conditions.

It was the acrid stench of smoke that replaced the sweet smell of lavender Monday as officials picked their way through a burned hay field that had doubled as a parking area for the Niagara Lavender Festival.

At a recent Hawkesbury council meeting, held on Monday, June 25, 2018, Fire Chief Roger Champagne was awarded the Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal by Hawkesbury Mayor Jeanne Charlebois.

London has a new fire chief and she is one of only a handful of women in Canada to hold the job. 

One person is dead and another injured after an early morning fire in Dundas.

GRAVENHURST — The Gravenhurst Fire Department is continuing to monitor a July 7 brush fire, according to a tweet Sunday, July 8 morning.

A large, fast-moving grass fire sparked in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., Sunday scorched dozens of vehicles, causing more than $1 million in damage.