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A couple and their two dogs evacuated their home on Morgan Avenue in Kitchener, after the property caught fire Sunday morning. An SUV parked in the driveway and a nearby home was also damaged in the blaze.
A City of Kitchener council committee is backing a plan to hire 20 more firefighters and build a new fire station in the city by 2026.
Police are investigating after a garbage bin fire near Fairway Road South and Wilson Avenue in Kitchener.
KITCHENER -- A collision involving a sedan and a tractor trailer shut down the eastbound lanes on Hwy. 401 in Kitchener Thursday night. Emergency crews were called to the scene just off of the northbound Homer Watson Boulevard on-ramp around 9 p.m. Police say the transport truck flipped over in the collision, while Kitchener Fire say they were called in because the sedan caught fire. The driver of the transport was not hurt and the sedan driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries. All eastbound lanes were closed at 9 p.m., but fully reopened around 2 a.m. COLLISION: #Hwy401 a...
KITCHENER -- Occupational cancer is the leading cause of line-of-duty deaths for firefighters, according to the International Association of Fire Fighters. “I’d be surprised if you find a single fire department out there that hasn’t had people that have contracted some form of cancer within their working group” said Kitchener Fire’s Public Information Officer, Tom O’Hara. “Quite often there is people dealing with that” Local fire officials said the risk of developing cancer will always exist because of the nature of the work, making it difficult to prevent exposure ...