Wingham Free Press
(Sandy Lake, ON) – Police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding a house fire in Sandy Lake First Nation that led to a death Thursday afternoon. Members of the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service working out of the Sandy Lake First Nation detachment received a call for service regarding a residential fire in the community shortly […]
(PEMBROKE, ON) – The Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently on scene at a structure fire in the City of Pembroke. On March 28, 2025, shortly before 8:00 a.m., OPP and Pembroke Fire were called to a fire on the 300 block of Mary St. One person was pulled […]
(QUINTE WEST, ON) – A residential fire in Quinte West has left two people deceased. On Thursday, March 13, 2025, shortly before 6:00 p.m., Quinte West Firefighters, Hastings Quinte Paramedics and the Quinte West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the fire at a trailer park on Highway 2, just east of CFB […]
The Saugeen Shores Police Service, in Partnership with the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshall, the Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario and the Saugeen Shores Fire Department are investigating a fire that involved a fatality in Port Elgin. On February 6th, 2025 at approximately 11:30am police and fire were alerted to possible house […]
(BANCROFT, ON) – Human remains have been located following a residential fire in Bancroft. Officer with the Bancroft Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and other emergency services were called to the fire on Meadow Court on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, shortly after 8:00 p.m. The homeowner remains unaccounted for at this time, but investigators […]
The Windsor Police Arson Unit has launched an investigation following a fatal apartment fire in the city’s west end. At approximately 7 a.m. on December 30, 2024, officers responded to an active fire at a ground-floor apartment in the 3000 block of Sandwich Street. Windsor Fire & Rescue Services were also dispatched and successfully extinguished […]
(NEW LISKEARD, ON) – Four people were located deceased in a structure fire downtown New Liskeard. On September 19, 2024, at approximately 5:30 p.m., the Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Temiskaming Shores Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Paget Street South in New Liskeard. Four people were located deceased in the residence. […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – An early morning fire on Barnett Avenue, Midland has claimed the life of a Midland resident. Members of the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment responded at approximately 6:27 a.m. September 1, 2024 along with Midland Fire Service and County of Simcoe Paramedics after neighbours noticed a fire at a nearby home and forced in the […]