Fire News Headlines

All three municipalities surrounding Orillia have issued fire bans. Today, Oro-Medonte Township Fire Chief Hugh Murray issued a fire ban for the entire township "due to a lack of precipitation and extremely dry conditions."

Two seniors and their dog escaped after their house went up in flames early Wednesday morning, and Central Elgin fire Chief Chris McDonough credits the couple’s working smoke alarms with saving their lives.

Firefighters and neighbours worked quickly to prevent a cottage fire from spreading to neighbouring property in Carden Township Tuesday afternoon (July 10).

QUINTE WEST - Firefighters from Quinte West Station # 1 responded to the Trenton Golf Course on King Street Wednesday morning.

Fire crews have been battling a massive grass fire in Ramara Township for days.  Officials believe the fire was started by a lightning strike Friday and quickly spread.  

Don Crocker has been appointed as the interim fire chief of the Southwold fire department after Chief Gary Wilson died suddenly in June.

Kincardine council has tentatively approved a plan to create a Firefighter Auxiliary Program in the municipality. Formal approval will come at the July 11th council meeting.

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Shortly before 11 a.m. on July 10, Bradford West Gwillimbury Fire & Emergency Services received a call reporting a structure fire at 552 Holland St. W. – the new Holland Gardens retirement home, currently under construction.

The Dundas neighbours of Carla and Alan Rutherford are in shock at the couple's death after a suspicious early-morning fire that saw flames shooting above the treeline from their home.