Tag: London fire department
Damage hits $200K after overnight apartment highrise blaze: Fire officials
Damage is estimated to exceed $200,000 after London firefighters responded to an early morning blaze at an apartment highrise in the city’s southwest end. Fire crews responded to a highrise monitor alarm around 2:20 a.m. on Monday, with firefighters encountering heavy smoke on the second floor of an apartment building, according to a post on […]
London police renew call for help finding assault suspect
London police made public on Tuesday new images of a woman sought in connection with the assault of a person at a city business.
Damage exceeds $1M after three-plex burns while under construction
Firefighters battled a three-plex blaze that broke out Tuesday morning and did an estimated $1 million in damage. It was about 7 a.m. on Tuesday when Tillsonburg firefighters were called to Jacko Street, near Westtown Line and Harvest Avenue, for a fire in the middle unit of a complex that was under construction in the […]
London man charged with setting two fires Sunday: Police
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 nearby house and put that […]
Three blazes keep London firefighters busy on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day
Damage due to a blaze at an industrial building in the cityâs northwest end is pegged at $250,000, London Fire Department officials say. Just before 10 p.m. on Tuesday, fire officials said in a statement on social media that crews were at the scene of a blaze at an industrial building at Blue Heron Drive […]
‘One step forward and 50 back’: London woman’s home dream upended
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 basement apartment in a multi-unit […]
Clubhouse fire ‘devastating setback’ for London Cricket Club
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. âThis is devastating for the whole London cricket community,â said Arun Jentrick, president of the London Cricket Club established in 1856. The club learned about the […]
One dead, one in custody in Hanover homicide investigation
One person is dead and another was in custody as police conducted a homicide investigation in Hanover.Â
Vehicle strikes building, gas leak leads to power shutdown: Fire officials
A vehicle struck a building and caused a natural gas leak that led to power shutdowns near downtown London early Wednesday. The incident began at about 4:20 a.m. in the 400 block of Ridout Street North, officials the London Fire Department said in a statement posted to social media. Power was shut down because of […]
East London fire displaces residents, causes $200K in damage
Six to eight people were displaced in a fire at an east London home that caused about $200,000 in damage, the London fire department says. Firefighters responded to a home on Hale Street, between Brydges Street and Beattie Avenue, in response to multiple 911 calls at 4 p.m. Thursday, the department said in a post […]