ire crews spent Thursday morning at Cotrac Ford Lincoln in Dutton, a dealership in the heart of the community’s downtown that was gutted in an overnight blaze. Photos by LFP’s Derek Ruttan druttan@postmedia.com
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 […]
he leading cause of residential fires in both Ontario and in London can be easily avoided, officials say.
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Across northern Michigan, hotel taxes generated almost $30 million for area convention and visitors bureaus. Some in Traverse City say the money should go to the county.
A 13-year-old girl drowned Sunday in a swimming spot at a conservation area near St. Marys, police say.
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 […]
An overnight fire that tore through an Old East Village home early Friday has been deemed suspicious by London police.
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 […]
City hall is recommending the estimated $180 million new police and fire training centre be located in the shadow of London's dump in the south end, according to a new report.
The St. Thomas man charged with arson in connection to the destruction of a historic downtown building faces an additional arson charge