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2023 Canadian wildfires. Beginning in March 2023, and with increased intensity starting in June, Canada was affected by a record-setting series of wildfires. All 13 provinces and territories were affected, with large fires in Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec.
Opémiska Community Hall fire. / 49.7832; -74.8608. At 1:15 a.m. on January 1, 1980, a fire broke out at a New Year's Eve party at Opémiska Community Hall in Chapais, Quebec, Canada, when pine branches used as part of the venue's Christmas decorations were accidentally set on fire, killing 48 people and injuring 50 others. [1]
On March 16, 2023, a fire destroyed a heritage property on Place d'Youville in the neighbourhood of Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada.. The building built in the 1890s was known as Édifice William-Watson-Ogilvie and housed offices Ogilvie Milling Company until the 1940s when it was used by government agencies In the 1960s the upper floors were converted to housing units and further expansions on ...
The Lac-Mégantic rail disaster occurred in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada, on July 6, 2013, at approximately 1:14 a.m. EDT, [1] [2] when an unattended 73-car Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA) freight train carrying Bakken Formation crude oil rolled down a 1.2% grade from Nantes and derailed downtown, resulting in the explosion and fire of multiple tank cars.
largest fire in Alberta since the 1950 Chinchaga fire. Timmins Fire 9 Timmins Ontario: May–Nov 2012: 0: 39,540 hectares (97,700 acres) Starting North of Gogama, Timmins 9 was the largest fire the area had seen in nearly a 100 years since the 1911 Great Porcupine Fire. L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire: L'Isle-Verte: Quebec: Dec 2014: 32
The Great Fire of Quebec City or the Fire of 1866 in Quebec City was an urban conflagration that raged on October 14, 1866, in Quebec City, in the Province of Canada. Even more intense than the conflagrations of 1845, this conflagration burned in one day around 2,500 to 3,000 buildings of three faubourgs (Today Saint-Roch and Saint-Sauveur ).
Service de protection contre les incendies de Québec (SPCIQ, Quebec City Fire Protection Service) is responsible for fire prevention and suppression in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The fire department responds to vehicle accidents, hazardous materials ( HAZMAT) calls, technical rescue (high-angle and confined space), ice and water rescue ...
The Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal ( SIM; English: Montreal Fire Department, lit. 'Incendiary security service of Montreal') [3] is responsible for fire and rescue operations in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. EMS first-response has been available in limited areas since 1976 and to the entire service area since 2009.