London police are investigating damage to a 27,000-volt wire that sparked a small fire and knocked out power to about 5,000 London Hydro customers Friday morning. The suspected attempt to steal copper was condemned by the utility’s chief executive and municipal leaders, who said the act put the lives of
London fire crews responded to a large blaze involving construction materials east of downtown late Tuesday, officials say.
An east London home where a woman was killed in a recent fire had previously landed in the crosshairs of bylaw officials and was the scene a past blaze related to homeless people living in the backyard.
Smoke plumes visible in Metro Detroit likely emanated from a marsh fire across Lake St. Clair on Squirrel Island in Ontario, Canada. Read the full story by the Detroit News.
Firefighters battled fires in multiple vehicles overnight near the intersection of York and Maitland streets just east of downtown, officials said Tuesday morning. It was about 3 a.m. on Tuesday when officials with the London Fire Department announced on social media that crews were called to the blazes and there were requests for additional support. […]
Four vacant houses. At least six barns or storage sheds. All burned to the ground within two months under what police in Norfolk County are calling "suspicious" circumstances. Read More