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Fire destroys garage, damages house in Severn Township

Firefighters battled a stubborn fire in Severn Township that destroyed a garage. Smoke and flames could be seen coming from the property on Highway 12, near the Highway 400 extension on Friday afternoon.

'It's deeply troubling': TCH, Toronto Fire team up to prevent fatalities

Toronto Fire and Toronto Community Housing (TCH) are teaming up this month to cut down on the number of seniors dying due to fires in the city's social housing complexes, designating June as Fire Safety Awareness Month.

Growing marijuana at home likely to increase fire risk

Halifax's deputy fire chief says the department is looking ahead to the legalization of marijuana and anticipating an increased risk of fires from people growing and smoking pot at home.

Ontario’s first woman fire chief wants to ‘influence change’ for Vaughan

The first female fire chief of a professional service in Ontario makes it crystal clear the people of Vaughan are getting someone fully committed to the job.

Wainfleet names new deputy fire chief

Wainfleet Fire and Emergency Service's new deputy fire chief is coming from the volunteer firefighter ranks and will be appointed during Tuesday night's council meeting.

Many Grenfell Tower residents told to 'stay put' didn't survive fire, inquiry told

Residents of London's Grenfell Tower highrise were wrongly told to stay in their apartments as fire raged through the building, aided by flammable external cladding and a host of fire-safety failings, an expert report said Monday.

What’s really going on with the Sundridge-Strong fire services?

Conflicting opinions are not the only reason why the Township of Strong and Village of Sundridge have been unable to come up with a compromise about their shared fire services since budget discussions began in November 2017.

Secondary investigation underway after deadly house fire in Scarborough

Toronto Fire has launched an investigation into five properties owned by the same person who owned the Scarborough home where a massive fire killed a young student on Wednesday morning.

McDougall fire department checking homes for smoke/CO alarms

In the wake of a fatal fire in Oshawa, Ont. on Jan.

Ottawa fire to roll out global training program it developed to all its firefighters

After helping train firefighters from across Canada and the globe under a new blaze-battling curriculum it developed, Ottawa Fire Services is poised to roll out that new training to all of its 1,400 firefighters.