Fire News Headlines

Ontario's Office of the Fire Marshal is investigating a fire at a halal meat shop in Mississauga early Saturday that left one firefighter with minor injuries.

The 80 tenants of a Division Street apartment building which had part of its roof torn off by high winds on Wednesday will be without their home for a few more days.

On the cold winter night that my 24-year-old sister Frances last lay down to sleep, she never realized she had spent her last day on earth. In all likelihood, it won't occur to you either.

The province is considering new legislation that could make it more difficult for towns like Caledon to fill their volunteer firefighting force.

The owners of a home where a fire led to the death of a tenant in north Etobicoke last February have been charged with numerous Ontario Fire Code violations.

A man is dead after a house fire on Queen Street in the Hespeler area early Thursday. A family of three — a husband, his wife and eight-year-old daughter — escaped the blaze at their home but a friend who lived in the basement died.

Whitby Fire Chief Dave Speed’s passion for home fire sprinklers was sparked early on in his career.

The union representing Oshawa’s fire fighters has taken their concerns with the lack of cooperation from Oshawa Fire Services around the creation of an updated risk assessment for the city directly to councillors.

The acting leader of the London fire department, Lori Hamer, has revealed she is applying to be the permanent chief. Hamer made the disclosure on CBC Radio One's London Morning.

On Nov. 1, 2007, a group of volunteer firefighters stepped down from the Orangeville fire service after pressure from their union. The reason was two-hatting.