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Red Deer fire crews responded to a fire at the Bell Store in Southpointe Common on Christmas morning. (Red Deer Advocate photo)

Red Deer emergency services respond to Christmas Day fire at Southpointe Common

Red Deer fire crews responded to a blaze on Christmas Morning on…

 

A house fire in Mirror, Alta., Sept. 21, resulted in the total loss of the home. (Photo submitted)

Mirror, Alta., home total loss after fire

The cause of the fire is still under investigation

 

A park gazebo, located just south of the Red Deer River bridge on the east side of Gaetz Avenue, was destroyed by a fire early in the morning on Aug. 24, 2022. (File photo by Advocate staff)

Red Deer RCMP says insufficient evidence to prove gazebo fire was deliberate

No witnesses or suspects in gazebo fire

 

A park gazebo, located just south of the Red Deer River bridge on the east side of Gaetz Avenue, was engulfed in flames early in the morning on Aug. 24, 2022. (Photo contributed by Curtis Haigh)

Fire destroys gazebo along trails in downtown Red Deer

Gazebo fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrive

A park gazebo, located just south of the Red Deer River bridge on the east side of Gaetz Avenue, was engulfed in flames early in the morning on Aug. 24, 2022. (Photo contributed by Curtis Haigh)
A large-scale fire broke out in a structure at the corner of Abbott and Water streets in Vancouver’s Gastown neighbourhood April 11. (Credit: Matt Piercy)

Cleanup begins after demolition of burned Winters Hotel in Vancouver, city says

Two bodies found in rubble more than a week after the April 11 fire

A large-scale fire broke out in a structure at the corner of Abbott and Water streets in Vancouver’s Gastown neighbourhood April 11. (Credit: Matt Piercy)
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. Mounties say three people died in a house fire northwest of Edmonton on the weekend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Two women, one man dead in house fire northwest of Edmonton

Gunn area fire not considered suspicious, likely to have started on a stove

The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. Mounties say three people died in a house fire northwest of Edmonton on the weekend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Red Deer Emergency Services were called to a house fire late Saturday morning. Exterior fire damage was visible at back corner of the attached garage near the roof, as well as part of the roof of the house. Heat from the flames damaged the siding on a nearby home. No injuries were reported and the fire was quickly extinguished. (Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff)

Fire damages home in Eastview

Red Deer Emergency Services says fire quickly contained

Red Deer Emergency Services were called to a house fire late Saturday morning. Exterior fire damage was visible at back corner of the attached garage near the roof, as well as part of the roof of the house. Heat from the flames damaged the siding on a nearby home. No injuries were reported and the fire was quickly extinguished. (Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff)
In 2020, JB Owen and her husband Peter Giesin cycled 5,000 km, from Red Deer to Ottawa, to raise money for charity. (Photo contributed) In 2020, JB Owen and her husband Peter Giesin cycled to 5,000 km, from Red Deer to Ottawa, to raise money for charity. (Photo contributed)

Red Deer cyclists plan cross-country journey

Raising money for projects in Indonesia

In 2020, JB Owen and her husband Peter Giesin cycled 5,000 km, from Red Deer to Ottawa, to raise money for charity. (Photo contributed) In 2020, JB Owen and her husband Peter Giesin cycled to 5,000 km, from Red Deer to Ottawa, to raise money for charity. (Photo contributed)
A firefighter on a ladder truck directs water on a four-alarm fire burning at a single room occupancy (SRO) hotel, in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, April 11, 2022. Vancouver’s fire chief says some people remained unaccounted for as crews fought a fire inside a four-storey residential building in the city’s Gastown neighbourhood. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Officials working to find housing for 144 people displaced by fire in Vancouver

Buildings included housing for some of the city’s lowest-income residents

A firefighter on a ladder truck directs water on a four-alarm fire burning at a single room occupancy (SRO) hotel, in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, April 11, 2022. Vancouver’s fire chief says some people remained unaccounted for as crews fought a fire inside a four-storey residential building in the city’s Gastown neighbourhood. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Fire broke out at Body Basics on April 2 in Cronquist Business Park in Capstone. (Contributed by Tammy Stevens)

Fire damages Red Deer fitness centre

Cause of fire still under investigation

Fire broke out at Body Basics on April 2 in Cronquist Business Park in Capstone. (Contributed by Tammy Stevens)
Police tape is shown in Toronto Tuesday, May 2, 2107. Three children and two adults have died after an early-morning fire at a home in Brampton, Ont.<br style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);">Peel Regional Police say the house fire at Conestoga Drive and Sutter Avenue broke out around 2 a.m. today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

‘Absolutely tragic’: Three children, two adults dead after Brampton, Ont., house fire

‘Absolutely tragic’: Three children, two adults dead after Brampton, Ont., house fire

Police tape is shown in Toronto Tuesday, May 2, 2107. Three children and two adults have died after an early-morning fire at a home in Brampton, Ont.<br style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);">Peel Regional Police say the house fire at Conestoga Drive and Sutter Avenue broke out around 2 a.m. today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
A sign greets people on the Siksika First Nation, east of Calgary near Gleichen, Alta., Tuesday, June 29, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

‘Tremendous loss’: Three dead after house fire in southern Alberta First Nation

Siksika First Nation’s chief and council are asking for privacy after tragedy strikes community

A sign greets people on the Siksika First Nation, east of Calgary near Gleichen, Alta., Tuesday, June 29, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
An angel statue faces in the direction of billowing smoke from a fire at the Weaver Fertilizer Plant on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Allison Lee Isley/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)

Thousands flee homes near N. Carolina fertilizer plant fire

Thousands flee homes near N. Carolina fertilizer plant fire

An angel statue faces in the direction of billowing smoke from a fire at the Weaver Fertilizer Plant on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Allison Lee Isley/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)
People prepare candles during a candlelight vigil outside the apartment building which suffered the city's deadliest fire in three decades, in the Bronx on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Families prepare to lay to rest victims lost in Bronx fire

Families prepare to lay to rest victims lost in Bronx fire

People prepare candles during a candlelight vigil outside the apartment building which suffered the city's deadliest fire in three decades, in the Bronx on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Volunteers load donations dropped off at the Gambian Youth Organization for people affected by the city's deadliest fire in three decades, in the Bronx borough of New York, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

A glance, then grim truth for brother of Bronx fire victim

A glance, then grim truth for brother of Bronx fire victim

Volunteers load donations dropped off at the Gambian Youth Organization for people affected by the city's deadliest fire in three decades, in the Bronx borough of New York, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Officials pass flowers and other items left in memory of victims of Wednesday's fatal fire in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. Officials say it's the city's deadliest single fire in at least a century. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Christmas tree behind fire that killed 12, officials confirm

Christmas tree behind fire that killed 12, officials confirm

Officials pass flowers and other items left in memory of victims of Wednesday's fatal fire in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. Officials say it's the city's deadliest single fire in at least a century. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
General view shows the apartment building in the Bronx on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, in New York. Doctors are working to save the lives of several people gravely injured when smoke from a fire knocked them out or trapped them in their apartments in the New York City high-rise building. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Sorrow, grief shatter Bronx community after deadly fire

Sorrow, grief shatter Bronx community after deadly fire

General view shows the apartment building in the Bronx on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, in New York. Doctors are working to save the lives of several people gravely injured when smoke from a fire knocked them out or trapped them in their apartments in the New York City high-rise building. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
The Philadelphia fire department works at the scene of a deadly row house fire in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. Firefighters and police responded to the fatal fire at a three-story rowhouse in the city's Fairmount neighborhood around 6:40 a.m. and found flames coming from the second-floor windows, fire officials said. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Philadelphia fire kills at least 13, including 7 children

Philadelphia fire kills at least 13, including 7 children

The Philadelphia fire department works at the scene of a deadly row house fire in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. Firefighters and police responded to the fatal fire at a three-story rowhouse in the city's Fairmount neighborhood around 6:40 a.m. and found flames coming from the second-floor windows, fire officials said. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Red Deer Emergency Services responded to a house fire on Wednesday morning. (File photo by Advocate staff)

Red Deer firefighters respond to early morning house fire

Cause of the fire under investigation

Red Deer Emergency Services responded to a house fire on Wednesday morning. (File photo by Advocate staff)
Seven people, including four children, have died in a house fire in Chestermere, Alta., just east of Calgary, Friday, July 2, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

‘So devastating:’ 7 people dead, 5 escape house fire east of Calgary

‘So devastating:’ 7 people dead, 5 escape house fire east of Calgary

Seven people, including four children, have died in a house fire in Chestermere, Alta., just east of Calgary, Friday, July 2, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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