The Weyburn General Hospital was evacuated Friday after a strong gas smell spread throughout the building. The source was identified as a patient whose clothing was contaminated with a crude oil substance, the Weyburn fire chief says.
Firefighting is one of only five occupations that the International Agency of Research on Cancer has labelled with its most severe cancer warning. Firefighters have seen a change in how seriously their peers consider this risk, but they’re calling on the government for more resources to better protect themselves and for more comprehensive health coverage should they get sick.