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Nanaimo Fire Rescue handed a fire investigation over to the RCMP after a pickup truck burned in the woods near the Nanaimo Parkway at Northfield Road on the weekend. (News Bulletin file photo)

Report of bush fire in Nanaimo turns out to be burning pickup truck

Nanaimo firefighters find truck fully ablaze near homeless encampment

 

Mill Bay Fire Department Chief Ron Beck, Jacob Baggott, Nolan Baker, Tina Barlow, Paul Brandson, Brian Caseley, Cathy Caseley, Kevin Crossman, Jeremy Elliott, Josh Grandage, Camrin Hillis, Dean Kwasny, Eugene Labbe, Tyler LeBlanc, Kaelin Leddy, Andrew Limb, Joe Manifold, Chris Mclnerney, Steve Melanson, Denise Nelson, Jordan Pendlebury, Alex Power, Trevor Reid, Thomas Roden, Tom Salmon, Bill Sanderson, Arnie Sanford Darien Slater, Neil St. Hilaire, Sarah Strachen, Laura Uhler, David Vandermrule, Dustin White.

RCMP investigate suspicious fire at Freemason Lodge in Mill Bay

Mill Bay lodge fire spread from first floor into attic

 

Fire crews fight the massive blaze that swept through White Rock’s Five Corners district on May 15, 2016. (File photo)

B.C. arsonist who left 100 homeless gets 2-year conditional sentence

James Adrian Dyer guilty in 2016 White Rock condo blaze that created $100K firefighting water bill

 

The site of a massive fire at the Parksville Heritage Centre, one year later. (Michael Briones photo)

Businesses move forward after devastating Parksville Heritage Centre fire

One year since Nov. 9 fire destroyed 6 Parksville businesses

The site of a massive fire at the Parksville Heritage Centre, one year later. (Michael Briones photo)
Mission Fire Rescue Service members attend a call in August 2023. On (Nov. 6), council unanimously voted to allocate $15,000 for the purchase of body armour for local firefighters. /Dillon White Photo

B.C. city approves $15K to buy body armour for firefighters

‘The game has changed’ for Mission firefighters amid increased threats and violence

Mission Fire Rescue Service members attend a call in August 2023. On (Nov. 6), council unanimously voted to allocate $15,000 for the purchase of body armour for local firefighters. /Dillon White Photo
Fire crews continue to put out the fire at Hazel Trembath Elementary School in Port Coquitlam, B.C., on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Plans are underway to bring school life back to normal as quickly as possible for students and teachers after a Metro Vancouver elementary school was destroyed in a suspicious weekend fire. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Plans underway to get back to the books after suspicious fire razes B.C. school

Coquitlam RCMP investigating a suspicious fire at Hazel Trembath Elementary School in Port Coquitlam

Fire crews continue to put out the fire at Hazel Trembath Elementary School in Port Coquitlam, B.C., on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Plans are underway to bring school life back to normal as quickly as possible for students and teachers after a Metro Vancouver elementary school was destroyed in a suspicious weekend fire. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
A teenager was arrested after a fire was set in a BC Ferries ship’s washroom. (Black Press Media Photo File)
A teenager was arrested after a fire was set in a BC Ferries ship’s washroom. (Black Press Media Photo File)
Nanaimo Fire Rescue responded to a fire in the 600-block of Prideaux Street the morning of Sept. 16. (News Bulletin file photo)

Dumpster fire in Nanaimo spreads to apartment, displaces 20 people

Nanaimo Fire Rescue responded to fire on Prideaux Street the morning of Sept. 16

Nanaimo Fire Rescue responded to a fire in the 600-block of Prideaux Street the morning of Sept. 16. (News Bulletin file photo)
Fire department crews in Campbell River responded to an early-hours structural fire, which involved the city’s community centre. Photo by Edward Hitchins/Campbell River Mirror

Fast action keeps toilet fire outside Campbell River community centre

Firefighters keep portable toilet blaze that scorched centre’s exterior from getting inside

Fire department crews in Campbell River responded to an early-hours structural fire, which involved the city’s community centre. Photo by Edward Hitchins/Campbell River Mirror
Spectators watch as a canoe passes during the Four Fires Festival on Vancouver’s False Creek, on Saturday, July 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Man suffers burns as boat fire erupts in Vancouver’s False Creek

2 boats damaged but remained afloat after blaze that appears to have been caused by cooking

Spectators watch as a canoe passes during the Four Fires Festival on Vancouver’s False Creek, on Saturday, July 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Campbell River Fire crews responded to a bush fire in the evening Aug. 30, located in the area of Pinecrest Elementary School. Photo by Edward Hitchins/Campbell River Mirror

Campbell River firefighters respond to 8 outdoor fires in 5 days

Fire chief warns that conditions are still volatile

Campbell River Fire crews responded to a bush fire in the evening Aug. 30, located in the area of Pinecrest Elementary School. Photo by Edward Hitchins/Campbell River Mirror
A trailer in the Beaver Harbour trailer park caught fire on Wednesday, Aug. 30. (Skylar Warnock photo)

Firefighters knock down trailer fire in Fort Rupert trailer park

Port Hardy Fire Rescue, RCMP, and emergency personnel were all on scene a little after 3:00 p.m.

A trailer in the Beaver Harbour trailer park caught fire on Wednesday, Aug. 30. (Skylar Warnock photo)
Dozens of firefighters worked to put out a mulch fire at a woodlot near Ladysmith on Tuesday, Aug. 29. (Photo courtesy Bob Burgess)

Firefighters work through the night to snuff out mulch fire near Ladysmith

Firefighters spend 12 hours putting out fire on Brenton Page Road

Dozens of firefighters worked to put out a mulch fire at a woodlot near Ladysmith on Tuesday, Aug. 29. (Photo courtesy Bob Burgess)
A fire on Beverly Street in the early hours on Aug. 27 was close to an Esso station’s gas pumps. (Jasmine Totzke photo)

Firefighters praised for quick douse of big weekend blaze in Duncan

The fire, on Beverly Street, was extinguished within 45 minutes

A fire on Beverly Street in the early hours on Aug. 27 was close to an Esso station’s gas pumps. (Jasmine Totzke photo)
Nanaimo Fire Rescue respond to a fire on Gordon Street in downtown Nanaimo on Monday, Aug. 28, after a man experiencing homelessness suffered severe burns while using drugs. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)

Nanaimo man badly burned after setting pants on fire while using drugs

Patient later airlifted to Victoria hospital’s burn unit

Nanaimo Fire Rescue respond to a fire on Gordon Street in downtown Nanaimo on Monday, Aug. 28, after a man experiencing homelessness suffered severe burns while using drugs. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)
Nanaimo Fire Rescue. (News Bulletin file photo)

Belongings of marginalized man in Nanaimo torched, fire damages funeral home

Nanaimo RCMP seek information about fire at Evergreen Cremation Centre early Aug. 26

Nanaimo Fire Rescue. (News Bulletin file photo)
A house on Dolphin Drive in Nanoose Bay was destroyed by a fire the evening of Aug. 20. (Photo courtesy of Ken Humphreys)

No major injuries reported as Nanoose Bay home destroyed by fire

Several firefighters treated for heat exhaustion

A house on Dolphin Drive in Nanoose Bay was destroyed by a fire the evening of Aug. 20. (Photo courtesy of Ken Humphreys)
Nanaimo Fire Rescue work to knock down the flames of a structure fire that destroyed at dental office at the corner of Richards and Wentworth streets in downtown Nanaimo the evening of Saturday, Aug. 19. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)

Downtown Nanaimo dental office destroyed by suspicious fire

Two men arrested and were scheduled to appear in court Aug. 22.

Nanaimo Fire Rescue work to knock down the flames of a structure fire that destroyed at dental office at the corner of Richards and Wentworth streets in downtown Nanaimo the evening of Saturday, Aug. 19. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)
The brush fire where the body was found was located at a homeless encampment, near the intersection of Hwy 97 and 48th Ave. (Jennifer Smith-Morning Star)

Body found in B.C. homeless fire

No criminality expected in brush blaze

The brush fire where the body was found was located at a homeless encampment, near the intersection of Hwy 97 and 48th Ave. (Jennifer Smith-Morning Star)
A fire destroyed four structures at a Steeple Chase construction site on May. 2. (@wj_valk/Twitter)

Residents demand answers more than 3 months after devastating Sooke fire

‘You must consider the consequences for lack of information’

A fire destroyed four structures at a Steeple Chase construction site on May. 2. (@wj_valk/Twitter)