Tag: Damage
Arson, assault and weapons charges after fire near Wiarton
A South Bruce Peninsula man faces arson, assault and weapons charges after a fire at a home near Wiarton over the weekend. Just after 6 a.m., Grey Bruce OPP and the South Bruce Peninsula Fire Department responded to a report of a structure fire at a residence on Beford Street in the Township of Georgian Bluffs. […]
Damage pegged $100K in northwest London house fire
No one was injured in a house fire in northwest London on Tuesday evening but damage is estimated at $100,000. London Fire Department officials say crews were on the scene of blaze at about 6 p.m. for “search, rescue and fire controlâ after the blaze began in the basement of the home located at 1371 […]
Residents at area retirement home lose $50K in frauds: OPP
Several people at a retirement home in Norwich have lost more than $50,000 in frauds, Ontario Provincial Police say. Police were notified Aug. 21 of an alleged fraud at the home in the community about 20 kilometres southeast of Woodstock, police said Tuesday. The initial investigation determined multiple people were defrauded and a suspect has […]
100 residents displaced by fire at Chatham public housing complex
Municipal officials are helping nearly 100 residents of a Chatham public housing complex displaced by a fire early Sunday that sent flames shooting through the buildingâs roof. Chatham-Kent Fire and Rescue helped to evacuate the building at 99 McNaughton Ave. W. after firefighters responded to the blaze at about 6 a.m. âWhen the crews arrived […]
Driver barrels through fence, shed, then crashes into house
A London man faces a list of drug and weapons charges after a Saturday crime spree in which a person drove a vehicle into a residence in the east of the city, London police said Monday.
Clothes dryer causes fire in Owen Sound
A clothes dryer malfunction is being blamed for a fire at a home on Owen Sound’s west side on Sunday. The Owen Sound fire department responded at approximately 12:30 p.m. to a report of a structure fire with heavy smoke coming from a second-floor window of a home in the 1000 block of 6th Avenue […]
City fire dept. puts out dryer fire
A dryer fire was contained to a small area of the basement of a two-storey home in Owen Sound Sunday. The home sustained about $10,000, including minor smoke damage, in the fire which was reported about 12:30 p.m., a city fire department news release said. Owen Sound Fire and Emergency Services responded to a […]
Impaired driving charge after crash in Owen Sound
An Owen Sound man has been charged with impaired driving after a collision on Owen Sound’s east side on Saturday. Just before 6 p.m., two vehicles were involved in a collision near the intersection of 9th Avenue East and 10th Street East, Owen Sound police said in a news release. A Dodge Caravan was waiting […]
Pedestrian killed in Southwestern Ontario crash: OPP
One person is dead after a pickup truck and a pedestrian collided outside the Southwestern Ontario town of Tillsonburg on Friday, provincial police say.