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Three workers on the roof of the former Kellogg cereal plant had to be lifted to safety via ladder truck after a brief fire at the facility Tuesday afternoon.

The town is not backing down in its response to former fire Chief Guy Longtin's demands.

Former Renfrew, Ont., fire chief Guy Longtin's lawyer is calling Longtin's forced retirement a "vendetta" and has threatened to sue if the town council doesn't reconsider by noon Friday.

The Oakville Fire Department will be knocking on the doors of rental properties over the next few months in an effort to promote fire safety. The visits are part of the Home Awareness Program, which runs from May 11 to July 31.

Renfrew's former fire chief is fighting back against a move to push him into retirement with a legal fight launched Wednesday.

The campaign, which kicked off on 8 March, sought to increase the number of women applying to be firefighters in what is widely perceived to be a male-dominated profession – 95 per cent of South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue's applicants are typically

A 61-year-old fire chief in the town of Renfrew, Ont., has been let go after town council passed a policy that meant he would be too old for the job.

Jason Smith, the Smiths Falls acting fire chief, said that Monday’s fatal fire was caused by careless smoking.

A Northern Ontario township is mourning the loss of their fire chief after he was struck by a car in Etobicoke overnight Friday.