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Fire causes propane tanks to explode north of Regina
A ball of fire erupted into the air as crews battled a blaze in an industrial area north of the city on Monday. Regina Fire and Protective Services received a call shortly after 4 p.m. about an active...
Sep 11, 2017 Fire crews fight a blaze north of Regina Sept. 11, 2017. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Fire ban issued for the City of Regina
The City of Regina has imposed a fire ban within city limits as of 5 p.m. Friday. Fuel burning fire pits that use wood, manufactured fire logs and/or charcoal are banned. However, residents are allowe...
Sep 08, 2017
Fire near Glentworth burns 3,500 acres of land
High winds Monday afternoon took a fire in a durum field and turned it into a massive wild fire near Glentworth. The fire was started by a farmer swathing durum when the field caught fire. The fire bu...
Sep 06, 2017 Firefighters and farmers respond to a fire in a durum field near Glentworth, Sask., on Sept. 4, 2017. (April Williamson/Submitted)
Regina home catches fire for 2nd time in August
For the second time this month, fire crews battled a blaze at a home on the 1300 block of Garnet Street. Regina fire received a call about the home around 5:30 a.m. Friday. Steve Nelson, acting deputy...
Aug 25, 2017 Fire crews battled a fire at a home on the 1300 block of Garnet Street on Aug. 25, 2017. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
SaskPower installing junction boxes on meters due to fires
SaskPower has been inspecting Regina homes this summer and fixing meters that may be affected by ground shifting. So far, nine SaskPower meters have caught fire in Regina. Homes with smaller meters ha...
Aug 24, 2017 A SaskPower electrician works on a meter in Regina on August 24, 2017.
SaskPower responds to 7th meter fire in Regina
There has been another fire at SaskPower meter box in Regina. It happened Friday morning in the Uplands neighbourhood, where the homeowner - who was home at the time - described a power surge followed...
Aug 04, 2017 A seventh SaskPower meter box caught fire in Regina on Aug. 4, 2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
SaskPower meter causes fire at Walsh Acres home: neighbour
While the temperature has slightly cooled, the ground is still dry and shifting, and with that comes a risk for older Regina homes: meter fires. Marcel Bolen was taking a walk with his wife in their n...
Aug 01, 2017 Marcel Bolen was out for a walk with his wife when he noticed a home in Walsh Acres caught fire on July 31, 2017. (Marcel Bolen/Twitter)
No new SaskPower meter fires, inspections still underway
There have been no meter fires since Sunday, but SaskPower is expanding its inspections across Regina and Moose Jaw. Around 1,400 homes in Regina have been inspected after five recent incidents where ...
Jul 28, 2017
SaskPower inspects meters for ground-shifting damage
SaskPower continues to look for Regina homes that may be affected by the ground-shifting which has caused five meters to catch fire. SaskPower has inspected about 600 meters as of Tuesday morning. The...
Jul 25, 2017 SaskPower said residents should be on the look out for their meters being pulled or tilted away from their homes from ground shifting on July 25, 2017. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Blaze leaves family homeless in Pilot Butte
A home in Pilot Butte went up in flames Saturday afternoon. The Pilot Butte fire department were first on scene at the home on Fourth Avenue. More than 20 firefighters from Pilot Butte, White City and...
Jul 16, 2017 A home in Pilot Butte, Sask. is said to be a complete loss after a fire destroyed it on July 15, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
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