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  Ontario Fire Code Violations
  Niagara Tenant Fined $45K and Jail Time Niagara Falls Feb 9
  Fire Fight Means More Tickets Handed Out Cornwall Jan 30
  Officials Lay Smoke Alarm Charges Owen Sound Jan 21
 
  Ontario Fire Fatalities
  Nice Lady Killed in Fire Hamilton Feb 8
  Firefighter Laid to Rest Friday Pt.Edward Feb 5
  Pt.Edward Honours Fallen Firefighter Pt. Edward Feb 5
  Residents Return to Apts After Deadly Blaze Sudbury Feb 5
  Apartment Fire Fatality Sudbury Feb 3
  Full honours funeral for Point Edward firefighter  Feb 5
  Premier Offers Condolences On The Death of Point Edward Volunteer Firefighter  Ontario NewsRoom Feb 1
  Post Mortem to be held on Point Edward Firefighter  Jan 31
  Firefighter Dies - Black Day in Point Edward  Jan 31
  Fatal fire suspicious London Feb 2
 

Blaze claims one London Feb 1

  Man 77 Killed in House Fire Gananoque Jan 25
 
  Feb 9
  CTV Ottawa picks up pieces after massive blaze CTV video
  Canadian Among 5 Killed in US Plant Blast CTV
  Fire Hall Decision Delayed Peterborough Examiner
  Fire Guts Mariposa Home Lindsay Post
  Shoeless Joe's Blaze Deliberate Mississauga News
  Explosion hazard at dump Simcoe Reformer
  Southern Fatality Won't Affect North Bay Efforts North Bay Nugget
  School Back in at W.J. Baird Chatham Daily News
 
  Feb 6-8
  Memorabilia lost in fire, but memories not CTV Ottawa
  Arson Suspect a Man of Mystery Toronto Star
  School Fire Suspicious Chatham Daily News
  Woman Charged with Murder in Fatal House Fire Sarnia
  Duplex Blaze Causes $140K in Damage Waterloo Record
  Prepare a Fire Escape Plan Welland Tribune
  Victim Count Unclear in US Power Blast CBC
 
  Feb 5
  Caledon Firefighters Have Protection Against Fire-Related Illnesses Caledon Citizen  
  Did This Man Start a Fire in a Mississauga Building? Toronto Star
  No Panic Among 200 Trapped by Fire Mississauga News
  Firefighters Battle Exploding Propane Tanks York Region News  
  Town’s Fire Prevention Officer Earns Unique Company Officer Diploma Arnprior EMC  
  Firefighters In Turks and Caicos Can Breathe Easily Thanks to Local Brethren Northumberland Today  
  $280,000 Blaze Levels Rosedale-Area Cottage Lindsay Post  
  Haldimand Firefighter Rachel Gee Aims to Extinguish Fire Mishaps Among Teenagers Sachem & Glanbrook Gazette
 
  Feb 4
  Mississauga fire that trapped workers is 'suspicious'  CTV
  Photos of Office Tower Fire CTV
  Annex apartment destroyed in 3-alarm blaze  CP 24
  Honouring over 77 Yrs. of Fire Prevention Quinte EMC
  Chief Asks for Four More Firefighters Collingwood Connection
  Cause of Fire at Historic Home Remains Undetermined Durham
  City Firefighters Exempt From Bottled Water Ban St.Catharines
  New Fire Chief for Brighton Northumberland Today
  Smoke Alarms The Law, and They Need to Work Cornwall
  Cellphone 911 Calls Can Now Be Traced Orillia Packet
 
  Feb 3
  Man Dies in Fire Truck Collision Toronto Sun
  Lighter or Matches Led to Death Peterborough Examiner
  Announcing CFFF education program bursary awards
  Investigators Search for Cause in House Fire St.Catharines
  Steel Hall Arsonist Waits for Treatment Sudbury Star
  Sarnia Man Jailed for Christmas Morning Arson Sarnia Observer
  Gatineau Fire Leaves 35 Homeless Ottawa Citizen
  The firefighting wonder from down under  Globe & Mail
  Regina landlord ordered to pay former tenants $20K CBC
 
  Feb 2
  Two Firefighters Injured in Stittsville Blaze Ottawa Citizen
  Six More Weeks of Winter.. Wiarton Willie Sees His Shadow  CityTV
  Fire Guts Shoeless Joe Restaurant Mississauga News
  Fire Destroys Gatineau Apt Building CBC
  No Foul Play Suspected in Car Fire Death Barrie Advance
  Asbestos Found In Rubble Niagara Falls Review
  Long Serving Fire Chief Dies Cornwall Standard
  Council Backs South-End Fire Hall Relocation Peterborough
  Fire Chief Urges Families to Practice Fire Escape Plan Belleville
 
  Jan 30-Feb 1
  House Fires Displace 200 People Over 3 Mths Ottawa Citizen
  Airport Manager Has Lofty Goals for Facility Waterloo Record
  City Services May Gain New Homes Kingston Whig
  Fire Guts Historic Farmhouse Toronto Sun
  York Street Blaze Investigated St. Catharines Standard
  Fire Hall Move Would Boost Fire Response Peterborough Examiner
  Ontario Pressed to Help Remove Tobacco Kilns Brantford Expositor
  Ads Aim to Improve Safety for Emergency Responders Calgary
 
  Jan 29
  Townhouse Complex Fire at Waterloo CTV
  Emergency Crews Couldn't Access Fire Hydrants North Bay Nuggett
  Kitchener tenants forced out by “suspicious” fire  Waterloo Record
  Stretch of Steeles Ave. Closed Due to 2 Alarm Fire Inside Toronto
  Industrial Fire Sends One Employee to Hospital Whitby
  City Staff Take Icy Plunge : Ice Rescue Welland Tribune
 
  Jan 28
  Funeral Today for Retired Firefighter St.Lawrence EMC
  False Fire Alarms Soon To Be Enforced Kemptville EMC
  Vaughn Home Damaged in 2 Alarm Blaze CP24
  Galaxy Auto Centre sustains $100K damages in flash fire  Windsor Star
  Fire Ignites in Back of Garbage Truck CTV Ottawa
  Paramedic Response Times Slow  CFRA Radio Ottawa
  Tenders for Fire Dispatch Radio Network Campbellford EMC
  Mayor Fails in Bid for New Fire Truck Barrie Advance
  Clark Wants Uniformity in Fire Service New Brunswick Telegraph
  Pot bust follows fire call Edmonton sun
 
  Jan 27
  Intense Blaze Causes Extensive Damages Kingston Whig
  Local Fire Services sharing Equipment Collingwood Connection
  Former Student Gets 2 Years for Mac Arson Hamilton Spectator
  Garbage Clogs Burning House Windsor Star
  Wilmot Plans Largest Capital Program Ever New Hamburg
  Lynhurst Lobbies for Fire Service St.Thomas Times
  Spate of Blazes Not Unusual Ottawa Citizen
  Grimsby Not Unique in Fire Challenges Niagara This Week
  Kitchen Fire Caught Quick in Meaford Meaford Express
  Suspicious Fire Investigated at TMS Property Caledon Enterprise
  Charges Laid in 2002 Death North Bay Nuggett
 
  Jan 26
  Unattended Cooking Causes Majority of Kitchen Blazes Brantford
  Paramedics’ fatal delay prompts policy changes  Toronto Sun
  Fabricating Business Fire Probe Continues Sarnia Observer
  Firefighters Extinguish Blaze Mississauga News
  Fire Victim's Stepfather Designs Safety Solution Calgary Herald
  Chinatown - Centre Street to Reopen Today Calgary Herald
 
  Jan 23-25
  Blaze Destroys Kanata Condos Ottawa Citizen
  Residents Say Naming Laneways Will Speed up Emergency Response Times Toronto Star
  Family Escapes Building Blaze Belleville Intelligencer
  Fabricating Business Destroyed In Fire Sarnia Observer
  Fire Causes $20,000 Damage Sarnia Observer
  Tenants Temporarily Homeless Niagara Falls Review
  Cause of Apartment Building Fire Probed Sault Star

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