Fire News Headlines

Ottawa Fire Services’ spokeswoman was walking the fire safety talk even on a day off Wednesday when a carpet cleaners’ van caught fire in her Elmvale-area driveway. “Got to practice what I preach,” Danielle Cardinal joked on Twitter.

A fire investigator is examining the cause of a blaze at a Munster farmhouse Tuesday night but it was clear that two residents won’t be able to return home, the fire department reports. Damage is pegged at $500,000.

Confusion over fire prevention programs offered by an-out-of-town company prompted several comments of concern to Kincardine’s Fire Chief.

There is a new fire chief for the Town of Leamington. After an extensive search, the town has hired Andrew Baird to take over on August 23rd.

Port Colborne’s fire chief says the department is being swamped by calls about hoarding across the city and is calling on the various agencies tasked with serving vulnerable people in the community to help tackle the issue.  

Innisfil Fire Chief Jon Pegg is abandoning his bunker gear in favour of a provincial recruitment.   Pegg has been hired as Ontario’s chief of emergency management.  

UPDATE: The company tells Bayshore Broadcasting News they have left Kincardine and are offering refunds  

A 34-year-old woman critically injured following a fire in Scarborough last weekend has died in hospital, Toronto police confirm.  

The Ontario Fire Marshal was called to investigate the cause of a house fire in Burlington late last night. The fire broke out in the rear of the house on Cavendish Drive south of Upper Middle just after 9 o’clock.

A townhouse fire in Barrie’s north end, Tuesday afternoon, could have been a lot worse if not for the presence of working smoke alarms.