Burnaby Firefighters

• Turkey earthquake: B.C. firefighters help rescue woman trapped in building

  The woman they helped rescue had been trapped in Adiyaman, a city in southeastern Turkey. She had been in the rubble since the building collapsed on Monday.

  World

  Feb 10, 2023
  
• Two hospitalized after three-storey building fire in Burnaby, B.C.

  Burnaby Fire Chief Chris Bowcock said a fire in the 300-block of North Holdom Avenue was extinguished Thursday, but two people were hospitalized and the road was closed to traffic.

  Fire

  Oct 13, 2022
  
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• Suspected drunk driver shears off fire hydrant, flooding two Burnaby homes

  A suspected impaired driver of an SUV struck and sheared off a fire hydrant in a Burnaby neighbourhood last night, resulting in the flooding of two homes.

  Crime

  Jan 9, 2021
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• Propane fire involving camper van ignites near Global BC studios

  The blaze was quickly extinguished by Burnaby firefighters on Wednesday morning.

  Fire

  Sep 16, 2020
• Burnaby firefighters battle 3-alarm blaze inside commercial building

  Plumes of smoke can be seen pouring out of the building in the 4600 block of Byrne Road.

  Canada

  Dec 11, 2019
• B.C. firefighters return home after saving Canadians from Dorian-ravaged Bahamas

  The group of firefighters from Burnaby and Penticton, B.C., helped save three Canadians feared missing after the Category 5 hurricane ripped through the island.

  Canada

  Sep 15, 2019
• ‘It’s great news’: Burnaby firefighters locate final two Canadians missing in Bahamas

  All three Canadians reported missing have been found safe in the Bahamas.

  Sep 12, 2019
• B.C. firefighters locate missing Canadian on Dorian-devastated Bahamanian island

  Two other Canadians remain missing on Greater Abaco Island.

  Canada

  Sep 11, 2019
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• Burnaby house gutted by fire believed to be home to squatters

  Crews initially delayed entry to the home after warnings from the RCMP.

  Nov 17, 2018
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• Burnaby firefighters hand out carbon monoxide alarms in bid to curb the ‘silent killer’

  "That's why it's so important to have an alarm. It doesn't smell, it doesn't taste, and you can't see it."

  Nov 17, 2018