Ontario Fires
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More than 1,400 evacuated by military as fires rip through northern OntarioOn Sunday, Ontario asked the federal government to dispatch military personnel to help evacuate the community of Sandy Lake as massive fires rip through the province.FireJun 10, 2025
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Ontario to provide 17 new fire trucks, mobile training units for northern communitiesThe government will use the funds to provide northern communities with 17 new fire trucks, life-saving firefighting equipment, and two new mobile live-fire training units.CanadaSep 7, 2023
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Ontario forest firefighters to meet with Ford government minister over paySmoke from fires in Ontario and Quebec has filtered down to Toronto and across North America, prompting air quality concerns. Firefighters say pay and conditions are untenable.CanadaAug 1, 2023
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Some residents near Centennial Lake evacuate as Ontario wildfires burn: townshipA township in eastern Ontario says it's working with provincial police to evacuate some residents near a wildfire around Centennial Lake.CanadaJun 5, 2023
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Out-of-control blazes already raging as Ontario braces for wildfire seasonAn extreme fire warning is in place for parts of Ontario including Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Timmins, Algonquin Park and areas of traditional cottage country around Georgian Bay.FireJun 1, 2023
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Ontario on track to surpass last year’s fire deaths, fire marshal warnsJon Pegg says there have been 102 fire-related deaths reported in Ontario so far this year, including two over the Thanksgiving weekend.CanadaOct 11, 2022
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Ministry wants residents to still be careful despite slow fire season in northwestern OntarioChris Marchand, a fire information officer for the MNR, said the area burned to date is less than one per cent of what burned in 2021.EnvironmentJul 15, 2022
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More multiple-death fires in Ontario this year: Office of the Fire MarshalA fire that left three boys dead in Brampton yesterday is just the latest in a string of blazes that have together claimed 15 lives across Ontario so far this month.CanadaJan 21, 2022
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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."CanadaOct 23, 2021
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Northwestern Ontario dealing with surge in forest fires as hot, dry weather settles into region“The resources that we have to deploy to fires are under great demand at the moment," Ontario fire information officer Chris Marchand tells Global News.EnvironmentJul 9, 2021
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