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Burned out bus on Vedder Mountain Road after fire spread to trees by side of road. (Angela Bergen photo)

UPDATE: Students safe after bus caught fire on Vedder Mountain Road

Fire crews worked to put out flames two hours after with road closed from Yarrow side

 

Mission Fire Rescue Services responded to a structure fire at 32882 12 Ave. at approximately 4:45 a.m. on Thursday and had it extinguished by 6 a.m. One man, who was found inside the home, has died. / Dillon White Photo

Man dies in house fire on 12th Avenue in Mission

Mission Fire Rescue Service, Mission RCMP investigating the blaze

  • Jun 1, 2023

 

Aftermath of a suspicious fire that destroyed a sales tent outside The BRICK store in Langley on May 20. (Langley Advance Times file)

Suspect identified in fire that torched sales tent in front of Langley store: RCMP

Suspicious early morning blaze completely destroyed tent and contents

 

Roughly 22 Surrey firefighters battled a blaze with heavy smoke and flames in a vacant building in Whalley Sunday afternoon. (Shane MacKichan photo)

VIDEO: Surrey firefighters battle large blaze in vacant Whalley building

Heavy smoke, flames from boarded-up structure during Sunday afternoon fire

Roughly 22 Surrey firefighters battled a blaze with heavy smoke and flames in a vacant building in Whalley Sunday afternoon. (Shane MacKichan photo)
Crews with the Chilliwack Fire Department extingiush a roof fire in an RCMP building on Airport Road on Friday, May 19, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

UPDATE w/PHOTOS: Firefighters contain fire at RCMP BC Highway Patrol building in Chilliwack

Chemicals are reportedly stored under the roof line, creating a tricky scenario for firefighters

Crews with the Chilliwack Fire Department extingiush a roof fire in an RCMP building on Airport Road on Friday, May 19, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
A fence and some vegetation went up in flames in the 100-block of West Seymour Street, near Victoria Street West, at about 10:30 p.m. on May 16, 2023. (Reeve Harrison/Facebook)

String of suspicious fires continues in Kamloops

May 16 blaze was 20th in past two months

  • May 18, 2023
A fence and some vegetation went up in flames in the 100-block of West Seymour Street, near Victoria Street West, at about 10:30 p.m. on May 16, 2023. (Reeve Harrison/Facebook)
Firefighters spent Wednesday night and Thursday morning battling a fire in the Port McNeill's wood burl. (Port McNeill Fire Rescue/Facebook)

World’s largest wood burl burns on Vancouver Island

Cause of fire still under investigation

Firefighters spent Wednesday night and Thursday morning battling a fire in the Port McNeill's wood burl. (Port McNeill Fire Rescue/Facebook)
An early-morning fire destroyed two businesses and there was damage to at least one other at a commercial building on Young Road in Chilliwack on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

VIDEO: Chinese restaurant in Chilliwack gutted by fire early Tuesday morning

Several businesses damaged; blaze made worse by natural gas fueling the fire

An early-morning fire destroyed two businesses and there was damage to at least one other at a commercial building on Young Road in Chilliwack on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Two units at a Walnut Grove townhouse complex had significant damage due to the May 14, 2023 fire. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

North Langley townhouse fire forces 11 people from their homes

Two units at a Walnut Grove complex were signficantly damaged in a Sunday evening fire.

Two units at a Walnut Grove townhouse complex had significant damage due to the May 14, 2023 fire. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
A 16-hectare forest fire near Davis Lake Provincial Park that started on Sunday (May 14) is out of control according to BC Wildfire Service. /Shella Belanger Photo

UPDATE: Forest fire near Davis Lake Provincial Park being held

Fire discovered on Sunday afternoon is unlikely to spread further, according to BC Wildfire Service

A 16-hectare forest fire near Davis Lake Provincial Park that started on Sunday (May 14) is out of control according to BC Wildfire Service. /Shella Belanger Photo
A Sooke fire on May 2, 2023 on Churchill Drive. (@wj_valk/Twitter)

VIDEO: Massive fire in Sooke destroys new home build still under construction

The fire could be seen across the region; cause unknown

A Sooke fire on May 2, 2023 on Churchill Drive. (@wj_valk/Twitter)
Neufeld Farm Market issued a thank you to Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service on May 1, thanking them for saving a structure while another one burned earlier in the morning. (Neufeld Farm Market/Facebook)

Neufeld Farms sends out thanks to firefighters following morning blaze in Abbotsford

Nobody was injured and no animals died in large barn fire, agricultural business confirms

Neufeld Farm Market issued a thank you to Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service on May 1, thanking them for saving a structure while another one burned earlier in the morning. (Neufeld Farm Market/Facebook)
A large barn fire took place behind Neufeld Farm Market on King Road in Abbotsford on Monday morning (May 1). (Vikki Hopes/Abbotsford News)

Large barn fire fills Abbotsford skies with smoke

Blaze broke out Monday morning behind Neufeld Farm Market on King Road

A large barn fire took place behind Neufeld Farm Market on King Road in Abbotsford on Monday morning (May 1). (Vikki Hopes/Abbotsford News)
One person has died in a crash that occurred Tuesday afternoon (April 25) between Hunter Creek Road (Exit 160) and Flood-Hope Road (Exit 165). (Shane MacKichan)

One person dead in crash involving semi-truck on Highway 1 eastbound near Hope

Hope RCMP, BC Highway Patrol, and Hope firefighters all on scene

One person has died in a crash that occurred Tuesday afternoon (April 25) between Hunter Creek Road (Exit 160) and Flood-Hope Road (Exit 165). (Shane MacKichan)
RCMP officers at the scene of a fatal collision on Sunday morning, where the vehicle became wedged under a pedestrian overpass ramp in the 6800 block of 200th Street. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Driver dies after crashing into pedestrian overpass in Langley

Police ask for witnesses to help understand how lethal collision happened

RCMP officers at the scene of a fatal collision on Sunday morning, where the vehicle became wedged under a pedestrian overpass ramp in the 6800 block of 200th Street. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
A transformer atop a street pole caught fire on Thursday morning (April 13) near Stave Lake Street and Best Avenue in Mission. /Dillon White Photo

VIDEO: Pole catches fire on Stave Lake Street in Mission

BC Hydro is on the way to the scene to deal with a blown transformer that caught fire Thursday

A transformer atop a street pole caught fire on Thursday morning (April 13) near Stave Lake Street and Best Avenue in Mission. /Dillon White Photo
Fire crews extract the driver from the cab of the semi-after it crashed into a home on Gordon Drive. (Gary Barnes/ Capital News)

Driver, woman and baby safely extracted after semi crashes into Kelowna home

Emergency crews are on scene of the incident at Gordon and Cameron

Fire crews extract the driver from the cab of the semi-after it crashed into a home on Gordon Drive. (Gary Barnes/ Capital News)
Mission Fire and Rescue Service battle a structure fire on March 14, 2023. The department attended 3,472 incidents in 2022. /Dillon White Photo

Medical incidents make up majority of Mission Fire Rescue Service calls in 2022

In a presentation to council, fire chief Mark Goddard provided the department’s annual report

Mission Fire and Rescue Service battle a structure fire on March 14, 2023. The department attended 3,472 incidents in 2022. /Dillon White Photo
The Chilliwack Fire Department was called to an apartment fire on Victor Street on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

UPDATE w/PHOTOS and VIDEO: Chilliwack firefighters battle apartment building fire on Victor Street

2nd fire in same northwest section of Newmark apartment building in 1.5 years

The Chilliwack Fire Department was called to an apartment fire on Victor Street on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Mission Fire Rescue Service responded to a controlled burn gone wrong on Wednesday afternoon (March 29) in the Steelhead area. /Mission Fire Rescue Service Photo

Firefighters in Mission area douse controlled burns gone awry

Mission and North Fraser departments attended to calls Wednesday for controlled burns gone wrong

Mission Fire Rescue Service responded to a controlled burn gone wrong on Wednesday afternoon (March 29) in the Steelhead area. /Mission Fire Rescue Service Photo