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The Timmins Fire Department, along with the Timmins Police Service, EMS and Nishnawabe Aski Nation’s Amber’s Fire Safety Campaign, held a Touch-a-Truck event at Ramada Inn Monday afternoon.
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About 150 evacuees from Pikangikum First Nation are staying in Timmins due to active forest fires in northwestern Ontario.
Fire Chief Tom Laughren said the event gave the attendees an opportunity to talk to the emergency service providers, have a look at the emergency vehicles and the equipment, and learn about fire safety including how fire alarms and smoke detectors work.