Oct. 7, 2008, Niagara Falls, Ont. - A fire-ravaged hotel that will soon have a date with a wrecking ball should be a
wakeup call to absentee landlords, a local fire official said. As the Niagara Falls Review reports, the Niagara Falls Fire Department has determined that a fire at the Survivor Inn on Friday was deliberately set. READ MORE
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Oct. 7, 2008, Kingston, Ont. - The cause of a fire at the Invista plant in Millhaven on
Sunday night remains unknown. As the Kingston Whig Standard reports, when firefighters from Loyalist Fire and Rescue arrived around 9:30 p. m., a
large plume of smoke was coming from a large, 50-year-old warehouse northeast of
the plant on the Invista property near Taylor-Kidd Boulevard, just west of
Kingston. READ MORE
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Oct. 7, 2008, Ottawa - Acting Capt. Larry Rusk was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder
after a number of difficult experiences on the job. He hopes the story of his
recovery will break the 'macho' barrier and let other professionals know they
are not alone, The Ottawa Citizen's Paula McCooey writes. READ MORE
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Oct. 7, 2008, Windsor, Ont. - Fire ripped through a Windsor bakery late Monday sending thick smoke
billowing into the night sky. As the Windsor Star reports, the blaze inside Barbar Bakery drew crowds of curious onlookers. Several fire trucks responded, along
with police and paramedics. No one was in the building at the time. READ MORE
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Oct. 7, 2008, Enfield, N.S. - A mid-afternoon fire burned completely through the roof of a pretty Enfield
home Monday. As the Halifax Chronicle Herald reports, firefighters from several stations rushed to a tidy home with light-grey
siding at about 2 p.m. and saw thick smoke and flames shooting
from the sides of the roof. READ MORE
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Photo by John Riddell
Firefighters from across Ontario
march at the ceremony to honour firefighters killed in the line of duty or who
died from a work-related illness in 2007. Sixty-three names were added to the
Ontario Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial at Queen’s Park.
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Ontario's professional firefighters have announced a $500,000 fundraising initiative
that will result in the restoration of the province's Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial, which was damaged as the result of a shocking act of vandalism
earlier this year.
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Oct. 6, 2008, Simcoe, Ont. - Fire has closed two businesses in downtown Simcoe until
further notice. As the Brantford Expositor reports, Norfolk Jewellers and the Serafina restaurant at suffered extensive damage in the blaze, which began around
6:30 p. m. Friday as a grease fire in an apartment above Norfolk Jewellers. READ MORE
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