Tag Archives: Paramedics/Fire
Man injured in fire at Nanaimo apartment building
NANAIMO - One man was injured, while residents of a newly completed north Nanaimo rental building evacuated in response to a late-night fire. Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) responded to 6010 Hammond Bay Rd...
Feb 21, 2024
Fire damages home in Nanaimo's Hawthorne Park area
NANAIMO - Nobody was hurt following a significant mid-day house fire in Nanaimo.Multiple 911 calls were made on Friday, Jan 12 just after 12:30 p.m. in response to fire and smoke erupting from a Sarum...
Jan 12, 2024
UPDATE: Driver killed in serious rollover along Nanaimo's Extension Rd.
NANAIMO - One person has died after a crash in the city's south end. Calls to 911 came in on Thursday, Dec. 7 around 2:10 p.m. when a car left Extension Rd. and reportedly flipped multiple times down ...
Dec 07, 2023
Skyrocketing overdose calls spark increased Nanaimo Fire Rescue responses
NANAIMO - Local fire crews continue to be strained by ever-increasing overdose call-outs every year.City councillors heard from Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) chief Tim Doyle on Monday, Nov. 6, on how loca...
Nov 07, 2023
Cinnabar Valley crash zaps power to south Nanaimo neighbourhood
NANAIMO - About 1,400 BC Hydro customers in the Cinnabar Valley area are without power following a single-vehicle crash.It happened on Friday, Oct. 27 at about 3:30 when a sedan with one person aboard...
Oct 27, 2023
City councillors order removal of burned-out central Nanaimo home
NANAIMO - Frustrated with no action to address a dilapidated eyesore of a property, City councillors want a Bowen Rd. home addressed immediately.During a special council meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 14 c...
Sep 15, 2023
Minor damage to Nanaimo home following pair of fire calls within 12-hours
NANAIMO - Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) crews were called to a small fire in a home in the Brechin Hill neighbourhood and called back to the same address early the next morning.The first fire at the home ...
Sep 14, 2023
Shed destroyed, minor damage to home in fire on SFN #1 reserve
NANAIMO - A quick response from Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) helped limit the damage of a fire at a property on Canoe St. in south Nanaimo. NFR Cpt. Scott Mitrenga told NanaimoNewsNOW on scene a shed qui...
Sep 13, 2023
Prolific offender jailed for igniting fire at Nanaimo Tim Hortons location
NANAIMO - A well known troubled offender is scheduled to spend a further five months behind bars for setting fire to the Northfield Rd. Tim Hortons last summer.Kym Robert Arkell, 38, was handed a near...
Sep 05, 2023
VIDEO: Fast moving fire chars brush along Nanaimo Parkway
NANAIMO - A quick call to 911 and rapid response from Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) crews prevented a grass fire from spreading too far. A cyclist travelling underneath the Nanaimo Parkway between Mostar ...
Aug 14, 2023