London Free Press
ST. THOMAS – A raging fire in a vacant factory sent thick black plumes of smoke into the air and drew onlookers from across the city on Monday. The fire at the former Weatherhead Co. of Canada Ltd. plant at 100 Woodworth Ave. began at about 4 p.m. About 50 to 60 St. Thomas firefighters […]
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A 50-year-old man facing charges of manslaughter and arson is the third person charged in the death of a St. Thomas woman last summer, police say. Victoria Dill, 40, died in hospital after she was found with a gunshot wound near the scene of a fire at an apartment at 20 Hiawatha St. in St. […]
London Free Press
Firefighters battled fires in multiple vehicles overnight near the intersection of York and Maitland streets just east of downtown, officials said Tuesday morning. It was about 3 a.m. on Tuesday when officials with the London Fire Department announced on social media that crews were called to the blazes and there were requests for additional support. […]
London Free Press
A London resident and their dog escaped an early morning fire on Monday, officials with the London Fire Department say. In a statement on social media, they say that crews arrived at a “fully involved structure fire” on Hubrey Road – which runs north-south near London’s southeastern edge, close to the Wilton Grove Road-Highbury Avenue […]
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Firefighters had to "extricate" one person from the wreckage after a spectacular crash outside a London elementary school on Monday morning, officials say.
London Free Press
A fire that damaged a Tesla car parked at Masonville Place has been ruled suspicious, London police say. Firefighters were called to the north London mall around 11:30 p.m. Monday and doused a vehicle fire, the London fire department said. Investigators determined the fire is suspicious and the street crime unit is leading the probe, […]
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The arrest of a man sought in a London break-in nearly a year ago led to the seizure of drugs valued at nearly $130,000 and the recovery of high-end purses, watches and jewelry, London police say. An OPP unit that tracks down people who have violated their parole notified London police on Monday they had […]