lames tore through a car dealership located “smackdab in the centre” of a small London-area town late Wednesday, witnesses say, as fire officials continued to investigate the cause. Taylor Moorby-Blanchard was walking in her neighbourhood in Dutton, roughly a 40-minute drive southwest of London, at about 10 p.m. on Wednesday when she saw smoke coming […]
A man who had to be pulled free by emergency crews after police say he “laid down” in front of a parked vehicle that later drove over him suffered serious injuries that were not considered life-threatening. Firefighters had to use airbags, jacks and cribbing to lift the vehicle and free the man who became trapped […]
ondon firefighters rescued a person trapped beneath a car, who was sent to hospital with unknown injuries, after they were reportedly struck in traffic, officials said. In a social media post at about 9 p.m. Friday, the fire department said firefighters responded to an emergency involving “an unconscious person” in the 100 block of Hamilton […]
ondon firefighters battled a spectacular blaze in a farm field in the city’s southeast end after flames erupted from a tractor. It was about 11:30 a.m. on Sunday when London Fire Department crews were called to a field on Scotland Drive, near the intersection of Highbury Avenue South and Glanworth Drive, where a Kubota tractor […]
A city council committee has unanimously endorsed plans for a training centre for police and firefighters just outside London’s southern boundary. Councillors Corrine Rahman, who chairs the infrastructure and corporate services committee, Jerry Pribil, Anna Hopkins, Paul Van Meerbergen, Skylar Franke and Mayor Josh Morgan voted on Wednesday in favour of the proposal. It must […]
London fire crews responded to a large blaze involving construction materials east of downtown late Tuesday, officials say.
A Toronto resident, 49, is facing multiple charges related to a suspicious house fire in Huron-Kinloss. On April 3, around 10:16 p.m., South Bruce OPP and fire departments from Lucknow and Kincardine responded to a structure fire at a residential property on Bruce Road 86, also known as Amberley Road. Firefighters arrived to a “fully […]
A blaze at an east-end home on Tuesday caused more than $200,000 in damages, London Fire Department officials say.
Old East Villagers had to leave their homes after an excavator hit a natural gas line, causing a “serious” gas leak Thursday morning, a London fire official says.
Six people were taken to hospital after a community centre in London's Old East Village was evacuated Monday morning due to high carbon monoxide levels, officials say.
Firefighters from across Norfolk County worked for more than five hours Friday night and Saturday morning to contain a large fire of about 2,000 discarded railway ties near Mabee’s Corners in Courtland. Norfolk’s deputy fire chief, James Robertson, said the “significant outdoor fire” on Orange Hall Road involved intense flames and heavy smoke, with the […]