BARRIE, ONT. Traffic on Highway 400 north was stalled as fire crews attended to a tractor-trailer fire north of Cookstown. According to Innisfil Fire, they received a call about a semi-truck engulfed in flames shortly after 2:40 Sunday afternoon. The driver of the tractor-trailer noticed smoke and pulled over to the side of the highway. As the driver exited the vehicle, the tractor-trailer became engulfed in flames. Fire crews arrived on scene and extinguished the flames. Innisfil Fire says the truck was carrying flowers. No injuries are reported and the cause of the blaze is unknown at this time.
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No ice is safe ice : Police warn of snowmobile dangers on lakes and rivers
by Mark Douglas
Last Updated Mar 13, 2021 at 9:45 am EDT
A snowmobile is pulled from the water after falling through thin ice. 680NEWS/Mark Douglas
If you’re hoping for one last snowmobile ride in cottage country this weekend, police have a warning for you: no ice is safe ice.
“The risk is very high right now,” says Sgt. Steve Black with South Simcoe Police. “The ice is not safe at all.”
Twice in the last two weeks they’ve responded to snowmobiles going through the ice on the Holland River, north of Toronto. Nobody was hurt and it appears everyone walked home, leaving their machines in the water. But first responders still had to come out and investigate, meaning the possibility of a water rescue put their lives at risk.