Up to 40 residents displaced in $1.2M east London apartment fire

Up to 40 residents displaced in $1.2M east London apartment fire
London Free Press
About 40 residents are displaced and damage is estimated at $1.2 million following a fire Friday that started in a unit of three-story building on Dundas Street East and spread to the roof. Two people who were trapped on a balcony were rescued by London firefighters who led them out of the building that has […]
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London man charged with setting two fires Sunday: Police

London Free Press
A 43-year-old London man faces arson charges in a pair of fires Sunday in a neighbourhood near Greenway Park. London firefighters extinguished a fire outside a shed on Pinewood Drive at around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, London police said. While crews were on scene they saw smoke coming from inside a
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‘One step forward and 50 back’: London woman’s home dream upended

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Tanya Burke, a London woman who moved into an apartment in November after two years of living on the streets, hoped the Christmas holidays would be different this year. For three weeks, the 44-year-old was happy and grateful to have a roof over her head. She cleaned up her modest
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Clubhouse fire ‘devastating setback’ for London Cricket Club

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Cricket equipment and historical artifacts belonging to one of Ontario’s oldest cricket clubs were destroyed in a fire in a storage container at a sports field in north London. “This is devastating for the whole London cricket community,” said Arun Jentrick, president of the London Cricket Club established in 1856
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One dead, one in custody in Hanover homicide investigation

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One person is dead and another was in custody as police conducted a homicide investigation in Hanover. 
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Fire-hit Wortley Village building needs engineer’s assessment: City hall

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A historic Wortley Village building appears to have dodged a date with a wrecking ball.
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Four people sent to hospital, three cats rescued in London house fire

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Four people were taken to hospital after fire struck a home near the intersection of Hamilton and Egerton roads east of downtown London on Wednesday morning.
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Man, 75, charged with arson in $2M Wortley Village fire

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Police have charged a 75-year-old man with arson following a middle-of-the-night fire that caused $2-million damage to a historic building in London's Wortley Village neighbourhood.
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City hall details how much it cost to battle blaze on flaming train

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London city hall billed nearly $22,000 to CPKC to recoup firefighting costs stemming from a dramatic train fire near the downtown core earlier this year, a new report by city staff says.  
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Flames shoot through roof of east London home as firefighters battle blaze

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Firefighters battled a blaze at a home in east London on Friday that appeared to have also damaged two neighbouring houses.
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London firefighters battle blaze that destroyed vacant building

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A late-night fire destroyed a vacant building in London, but firefighters protected a nearby home from damage.
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Firefighters rescue trapped tenant on balcony of east London apartment

London Free Press
A collection of police reports from across Southwestern Ontario London firefighters rescue tenant from balcony A tenant in an east London apartment unit without working smoke alarms was rescued from a balcony by London firefighters during a blaze early Monday, the London fire department said. There weren’t any working smoke
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