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Firefighters work to put out a blaze at St. Anne’s Anglican Church in Toronto’s west end on Sunday, June 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Fire ravages historic Toronto church, destroying Group of Seven murals

Building destroyed after fire broke out shortly before 8am

 

Fire investigators have determined ‘outdoor cooking’ was the likely source of a fast-spreading blaze that injured three people and damaged four houses in Aldergrove on Saturday, April 20. (Langley Advance Times files)

VIDEO: ‘Outdoor cooking’ likely caused fire that damaged 4 Aldergrove houses

Fire investigators report on weekend blaze

 

A firefighter hosed down the smouldering remains of a fire after three people were taken to hospital, two for treatment of minor burns and one for smoke inhalation suffered trying to put out a fire that damaged four houses in Aldergrove Saturday morning in the area of Davis Crescent and Springfield Drive. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Four houses damaged, three people injured in Aldergrove fire

Blaze spread in seconds, resident says

 

North Vancouver RCMP are investigating two fires that they believe may have been deliberately set on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

RCMP probe 2 suspicious fires in North Vancouver as wildfire season nears

Witnesses reported seeing group of young boys hanging out in area before blazes set, police say

North Vancouver RCMP are investigating two fires that they believe may have been deliberately set on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A fire early on Thursday morning (March 7) at a Coquitlam apartment building in the 500-block of Gatensbury Street displaced 100 people. (Credit: Shane MacKichan )

100 people displaced after fire tears through Coquitlam apartment building

68 firefighters responded to early morning blaze, rescuing 2 people from balconies

A fire early on Thursday morning (March 7) at a Coquitlam apartment building in the 500-block of Gatensbury Street displaced 100 people. (Credit: Shane MacKichan )
RCMP is investigating a suspicious fire that burned Port Coquitlam’s Hazel Trembath Elementary School to the ground in the early hours of Oct. 14, 2023. (Sent in by friends to Julianne Marie Siegle)

Fire that burned B.C. school to the ground was human caused: Police

Hazel Trembath Elementary in Port Coquitlam was destroyed in a fire on Oct. 14, 2023

RCMP is investigating a suspicious fire that burned Port Coquitlam’s Hazel Trembath Elementary School to the ground in the early hours of Oct. 14, 2023. (Sent in by friends to Julianne Marie Siegle)
Kim Duchscherer, left, and Stacy Duchscherer saved their neighbour from a burning trailer in Hilliers on Feb. 26. (Photo courtesy of Stacy Duchscherer)

B.C. man with prosthetic leg rushes in to save neighbour from burning trailer

Stacy Duchscherer: ’Her face was burned, her hair was all singed’

Kim Duchscherer, left, and Stacy Duchscherer saved their neighbour from a burning trailer in Hilliers on Feb. 26. (Photo courtesy of Stacy Duchscherer)
A coroner’s inquest has been told that a Vancouver rooming house where a fire killed two people in 2022 had a chained door, as relatives testified about the devastating impact of the blaze. A police officer sits in a vehicle outside of the Winters Hotel that was destroyed by fire in Vancouver on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Family testifies to their loss in deadly Vancouver hotel fire inquest

Testimony underway in Vancouver’s Winters Hotel fire that filled two people in 2022

A coroner’s inquest has been told that a Vancouver rooming house where a fire killed two people in 2022 had a chained door, as relatives testified about the devastating impact of the blaze. A police officer sits in a vehicle outside of the Winters Hotel that was destroyed by fire in Vancouver on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A Kelowna Tent City resident pictured with his burnt cooler after a fire spread from a neighbouring tent. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Wet, cold, desperate B.C. tent city residents plead for fire extinguishers

While it is against the rules to use fire, people are desperate for warmth, say Tent City residents

A Kelowna Tent City resident pictured with his burnt cooler after a fire spread from a neighbouring tent. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
A Japan Airlines plane is on fire on the runway of Haneda airport on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. (Kyodo News via AP)

Planes collide and catch fire at Japan’s busy Haneda airport, killing 5. Hundreds evacuated safely

A passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the…

A Japan Airlines plane is on fire on the runway of Haneda airport on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. (Kyodo News via AP)
Chilliwack Fire Department. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Chilliwack crews called to fire in low-income residence under construction

‘To say we are devastated would be an understatement,’ say Wilma’s Transition Society officials

Chilliwack Fire Department. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)
An out of control wildfire caused thousands of people to flee their homes in Drayton Valley, Alta., a town about 140 kilometres west of Edmonton. A sign warns of a forest fire in Banff National Park, Friday, July 21, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Parks Canada accepts recommendations from out-of-control Banff fire review

The fire didn’t pose an immediate threat to the town, but it required several areas to be evacuated

An out of control wildfire caused thousands of people to flee their homes in Drayton Valley, Alta., a town about 140 kilometres west of Edmonton. A sign warns of a forest fire in Banff National Park, Friday, July 21, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Mission Fire Rescue Service members attend a call in August 2023. On (Nov. 6), council unanimously voted to allocate $15,000 for the purchase of body armour for local firefighters. /Dillon White Photo

B.C. city approves $15K to buy body armour for firefighters

‘The game has changed’ for Mission firefighters amid increased threats and violence

Mission Fire Rescue Service members attend a call in August 2023. On (Nov. 6), council unanimously voted to allocate $15,000 for the purchase of body armour for local firefighters. /Dillon White Photo
A playground remains unscathed at Port Coquitlam’s Hazel Trembath Elementary School which burned down in the early hours of Oct. 14, 2023. Coquitlam RCMP say the fire is still considered suspicious, but determining the cause could take months. (Lauren Collins)

Cause of Port Coquitlam school fire could take months to determine: RCMP

Hazel Trembath Elementary burned down in the early hours of Oct. 14

A playground remains unscathed at Port Coquitlam’s Hazel Trembath Elementary School which burned down in the early hours of Oct. 14, 2023. Coquitlam RCMP say the fire is still considered suspicious, but determining the cause could take months. (Lauren Collins)
(L-R) Const. Scott Ross, Fire Chief Sam Lattanzio, Liam Harder and Mayor Maria McFaddin. Photo: City of Castlegar

B.C. teen honoured for quenching neighbour’s house fire in the dead of night

‘Remarkable and heroic’: Liam Harder is credited with potentially saving two lives

(L-R) Const. Scott Ross, Fire Chief Sam Lattanzio, Liam Harder and Mayor Maria McFaddin. Photo: City of Castlegar
Fire crews continue to put out the fire at Hazel Trembath Elementary School in Port Coquitlam, B.C., on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Plans are underway to bring school life back to normal as quickly as possible for students and teachers after a Metro Vancouver elementary school was destroyed in a suspicious weekend fire. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Plans underway to get back to the books after suspicious fire razes B.C. school

Coquitlam RCMP investigating a suspicious fire at Hazel Trembath Elementary School in Port Coquitlam

Fire crews continue to put out the fire at Hazel Trembath Elementary School in Port Coquitlam, B.C., on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Plans are underway to bring school life back to normal as quickly as possible for students and teachers after a Metro Vancouver elementary school was destroyed in a suspicious weekend fire. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
RCMP are investigating a suspicious fire that burned Port Coquitlam’s Hazel Trembath Elementary School to the ground in the early hours of Oct. 14, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Julianne Marie Siegle)

Hazardous air emitted from Port Coquitlam elementary school fire, RCMP warn

Public told to avoid site for several days

RCMP are investigating a suspicious fire that burned Port Coquitlam’s Hazel Trembath Elementary School to the ground in the early hours of Oct. 14, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Julianne Marie Siegle)
A teenager was arrested after a fire was set in a BC Ferries ship’s washroom. (Black Press Media Photo File)

Teenager arrested after fire set in washroom on BC Ferries ship

Ship was headed to Swartz Bay

A teenager was arrested after a fire was set in a BC Ferries ship’s washroom. (Black Press Media Photo File)
Gunn Avenue, in the Silverdale area, is still closed to public traffic due to a pair of fires and on ongoing police incident. Residents have been allowed to return to their homes. / Kevin Mills Photo

RCMP investigate series of suspected arsons that forced a neighbourhood evacuation

Gunn Ave. fires considered to be arson, no suspect has been arrested

Gunn Avenue, in the Silverdale area, is still closed to public traffic due to a pair of fires and on ongoing police incident. Residents have been allowed to return to their homes. / Kevin Mills Photo
A fire that broke out around 10 p.m. on Oct. 1 near the intersection of East Boulevard and 41st Avenue destroyed four Kerrisdale businesses. (Vancouver Fire Chief Karen Fry/Twitter)

Fire destroys 4 businesses in Vancouver’s Kerrisdale neighbourhood

3 people displaced, 2 firefighters minorly injured

A fire that broke out around 10 p.m. on Oct. 1 near the intersection of East Boulevard and 41st Avenue destroyed four Kerrisdale businesses. (Vancouver Fire Chief Karen Fry/Twitter)