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Cooking safety key to curbing Regina house fires: chief
Regina's fire chief is backing up findings from a recent study on the leading cause of house fires in the city. The study, released Tuesday, found 39 per cent of house fires were caused by cooking acc...
Oct 14, 2017 Regina City Manager Chris Holden (right) introduces media to the city's new fire Chief Layne Jackson on Sept. 12, 2017. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Cooking accidents leading cause of Regina house fires: study
Cooking accidents have been the leading cause of house fires in Regina for the past decade, according to the city's fire and protective services. Regina Fire announced the results of its study with th...
Oct 10, 2017 Regina Fire and Protective Services shares the findings of its study with the University of Regina on Oct. 10, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
10th power box fire caused by ground shifting in Regina
Ground shifting has caused another fire in a power meter box in north Regina. Regina fire crews were called out at 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning to a house on Price Crescent where a power box was spa...
Oct 04, 2017 A seventh SaskPower meter box caught fire in Regina on Aug. 4, 2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Evacuation orders mount as wildfire spreads in southwestern Alberta
WATERTON, Alta. - A mandatory evacuation has been ordered for part of a southwestern Alberta First Nation because of a wildfire that's threatening Waterton Lakes National Park. The Blood Tribe, southw...
Sep 12, 2017 Crews continue to fight fires at Waterton Lakes National Park on Sept. 11, 2017. (Waterton Lakes National Park/Twitter)
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)
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