CHRISTMAS DAY FIREAt approximately 10:14 a.m. on December 25, 2016 the members of the Cobalt Fire Department (CFD) were called to extinguish a truck fire at the corner of Nickel Street and Prospect Avenue in Cobalt. The fire department determined the blaze started in the engine department according
NORTH BAY (Staff) – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is asking for the public’s help to identify who was responsible for a fire north of Temagami.The ministry said the fire, located in the Red Squirrel Lake area and designated North Bay 44, was lit
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Police are appealing to the public for information as they investigate what they’ve termed a suspicious fire in Cobalt last week.On August 16, a late-night fire at 32 Baker Street destroyed a camper and caused some damage to a residence.The Cobalt Fire Department
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff/Special) – A discarded cigarette is suspected to have caused a grass fire west of Haileybury earlier this month.Two passing motorists spotted the fire at the intersection of Highway 11 and the former Highway 558 at around 11:30 a.m. August 9 and immediately called 9-1-1.The
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COLEMAN TOWNSHIP — A fire east of Cobalt, in Coleman Township, was declared officially out on Thursday, May 26, according to Coleman Township Fire Chief Dan Laitinen.Chief Laitinen said the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) had a helicopter at the scene
Local group fundraising for Fort McMurray familiesSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — A group of people in Temiskaming have come together to organize a “Support The Fort” fundraising initiative to help support and financially assist the families of the Fort McMurray and area Alberta wildfire.There are several people who
TOMSTOWN (Staff) — The Englehart Volunteer Fire Department was on the scene of a house fire which occurred in Tomstown on Tuesday, May 3. Tomstown is located on Highway 569 in the unincorporated township of Ingram.Fire Chief Tom Henderson said the fire department responds to fires in the
North Cobalt garage fire causes extensive damageSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The Temiskaming Shores Fire Department Station 1 brigade, based in Haileybury, responded to a garage fire in the wee hours of Sunday, October 25 that caused extensive damage to a garage and part of the
No injures were reported after fire broke out in the engine area of a pickup truck near the Highway 11 intersection north of New Liskeard. Twenty-four firefighters from the New Liskeard and Dymond stations responded to the call at 3:30 p.m. October 19 and remained at the scene for
No one was injured when a car caught fire Saturday, September 26. The driver was able to pull the car off Highway 11 in Harley Township before it fully ignited. Firefighters and police were on hand between about 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. while the fire was extinguished and
