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The fire damaged a large area due to a burst pipe leaving no available water at the scene. [27] 1894 – Great Hinckley Fire, Minnesota was a firestorm that destroyed several towns; over 400 killed. 1894 – A fire affected the business section of Frederick, South Dakota, causing over $100,000 in damage.
At 10:37 p.m. May 15, 1956, two CF-100s took off from their base at RCAF Station Uplands (located south of Ottawa) on an exercise to practice interception techniques in identifying an unknown aircraft heading towards Montreal. The plane was identified as a RCAF North Star flying from Resolute Bay to Dorval Airport. The two planes climbed to ...
On June 6, 1915, fire started in Murray's Tinsmith Shop and quickly spread from building to building in Russell. Many residents tried to put out the fire with buckets of water, but it was evident they needed more help. Calls were made to the Ottawa Fire Department who came running faster than ever on the New York Central Railroad. They say it ...
There are 45 fire stations located across Ottawa, including 16 Paid On-Call stations and 5 composite stations. The stations are assigned to 9 district operations units. On Friday September 3, 2010, Chief deHooge announced that a three-year trial testing the use of 24-hour shift rotations would begin in January 2011.
Giselle Smith and Semaj Morris, 17, were both killed on Wednesday, Dec. 11, with Smith's sister Paris Kiper in critical condition
Kennewick firefighters were called to a grass fire just after 5 p.m. Friday, and Benton County Fire District 1 reported the fire was about 80% contained at 7:15 p.m.
The Ottawa River Pathway is a very long segment of Capital Pathway along the south bank of almost the entire length Ottawa's portion of the Ottawa River. A bike path extends from Britannia some 12 kilometres to the Parliament buildings downtown. Today, there is probably no neighbourhood in Ottawa more mixed than Britannia forming a contrast ...
The one-storey Sealand Youth Training Center fire at Hwaseong, South Korea, killed 23 and injured five. September 24 – Two-story buildings with cinema complex fire at Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killed 75. October 30 – Four-story complex buildings with Sun-Hun Choe karaoke room fire at Incheon, South Korea, killed 54 and injured 70.