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CALGARY Fire investigators say unattended candles sparked a blaze that resulted in five people forced out of their home in northeast Calgary. Crews were called to the scene, at a home on Eldorado Close N.E. at about 10:20 a.m. on Friday. Once firefighters arrived, they found smoke coming from a number of the second-storey windows of the home. They immediately began an interior attack on the fire, quickly bringing it under control and limiting fire damage to a single room, however, other rooms of the house were also damaged. Other damage to the home consisted of smoke damage to the entire second floor and water damage as a result of firefighting efforts, officials said in a release.
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VANCOUVER A province-wide state of emergency isn t currently necessary to help battle the hundreds of wildfires burning across British Columbia, officials said Tuesday. Premier John Horgan said the government is doing everything it can to assist wildfire personnel, and that declaring another state of emergency – less than a week after lifting the record-breaking state of emergency prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic – won t change the province s situation. We re confident that every resources that can be mustered is being mustered. A state of emergency s not required to do that, Horgan during a news conference from the Kamloops fire centre. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth noted that B.C. is already receiving federal assistance, with nearly 2,700 people working to protect communities from the fires that have already forced thousands of residents to flee their homes.
BARRIE, ONT. Following a recent string of drownings in Simcoe Muskoka, police are urging people to take extra precautions before venturing onto Ontario s lakes and rivers. Despite safety messaging, police patrolling waterways issued four offence notices to boaters for not having life-jackets over the weekend. COVID has really increased the popularity of people being on the water, and unfortunately, when you have that popularity, we have people on the water that don t have the skills to be on the water yet, said OPP Provincial Marine Coordinator Sgt. Dave Moffatt. Locally, in the past week, four people drowned, including an 18-year-old Mississauga man who died while swimming in the Muskoka River.