Ontario Fire Code

• An inside look at how Ontario’s Office of the Fire Marshal investigators probe blazes, explosions

  "It's our job to determine the origin and cause of that fire and if there's a way we can prevent a similar occurrence we want to do that ... we want to take proactive steps."

  Canada

  Oct 23, 2021
  
• Barrie landlord fined for fire code violations at property in area of Georgian College

  A Barrie property owner pled guilty last week to 11 charges related to violations of the Ontario Fire Code.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2021
  
• Advertisement
• Scarborough rooming house operator pleads guilty to fire code violations

  The city of Toronto said Comfort Residential Group Home Inc. and its director, Winston Manning, pleaded guilty in provincial offences court.

  Crime

  Sep 5, 2018
• Advertisement
• 2 Toronto fire inspection companies charged with fire code violations

  Toronto Fire Services said two companies have been charged as well as several individuals with alleged violations of the Ontario fire code. 

  Crime

  May 31, 2018
• Peterborough landlords jailed, fined for fire code violations

  Two landlords pleaded guilty to the offences in provincial court in Peterborough on May 3.

  Crime

  May 9, 2018
• Owner and operator plead guilty in 2015 fatal rooming house fire

  Jagdamba Joshi and Andre Durant were charged after an investigation found the unlicensed rooming house did not have a fire alarm system or sufficient fire extinguishers, exits and signage.

  Crime

  Nov 9, 2017
• Peterborough rooming house owner fined for fire code violations

  A Peterborough rooming house landlord was fined for fire code violations.

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2017
• Toronto’s Hearn Generating Station deemed unsafe for public events after fire code violations found

  Toronto fire warned the public there is a need for life safety provisions after "serious deficiencies and breaches of the Ontario Fire Code" were found at the decommissioned site. 

  Canada

  Aug 10, 2017
• Advertisement
• Toronto Community Housing fined $100K in 2016 building fire that killed four seniors

  The fire investigation revealed the blaze originated in combustible chairs on the fifth floor where two hallways intersect.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2017
• Advertisement
• Toronto Community Housing Corporation charged in fire that killed 3 seniors: Sources

  Sources say the Toronto Community Housing Corporation has been charged under the Ontario Fire Code in connection with a fatal fire at a seniors' building that killed three people and left 12 others hospitalized earlier this month.

  Canada

  Feb 23, 2016