A Nova Scotia mayor says a patient died last week in his Annapolis Valley town after going into cardiac arrest at a hospital where no doctor was present. Mayor Sylvester Atkinson of Middleton, N.S., says volunteer firefighters were called to the Soldiers Memorial Hospital to attend to a patient because the closest doctor was 30…

One person has been confirmed dead and six people remain missing as police continue to search for victims after a fire swept through a building in Old Montreal on Thursday. In a news conference Sunday evening, fire and police officials confirmed that the body was recovered at 6:45 p.m., and has been taken to a…

BREA, Calif.—The Brea Fire Department has restructured its command staff to be fully independent after their previous 11-year sharing agreement with the city of Fullerton’s fire department. This means the command staff can concentrate on one department and how it can best serve the Brea community alone, according to a city spokesperson. “The Brea Fire…

OCEANSIDE, Calif.—A brush fire erupted alongside a stretch of train tracks in Oceanside and moved up an adjacent slope toward some hilltop homes June 29, prompting evacuations, train delays, and road closures but causing no structural damage or injuries. The blaze broke out about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday off the 2800 block of Industry Street, near…

WHITTIER, Calif.—The assistant chief of the La Habra Heights Fire Department was arrested on Jan. 27 after an investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department found he allegedly unlawfully detained an unknown number of people. Timothy Peel allegedly used a white 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD pickup truck equipped with lights and a siren…

HUNTINGTON BEACH—A commercial diver missing Jan. 16 off the coast of Huntington Beach was found dead. “[Long Beach Fire Department] resources assisted Coast Guard and other area agencies in the search for a missing commercial diver off of oil platform Elly,” the Long Beach Fire Department tweeted about 10 p.m. “Utilizing Fire Boat 15’s sonar,…

MALIBU, Calif.—Fire department personnel from Los Angeles and Ventura counties rescued approximately 50 people stranded at Leo Carrillo State Beach campgrounds when creek overflow trapped them this morning, making it impossible to reach higher ground. “We had some campers that were trapped, unable to make it higher ground, due to fast-moving water,” said Los Angeles…

MALIBU, Calif.—Fire department personnel from Los Angeles and Ventura counties rescued approximately 50 people stranded at Leo Carrillo State Beach campgrounds when creek overflow trapped them this morning, making it impossible to reach higher ground. “We had some campers that were trapped, unable to make it higher ground, due to fast-moving water,” said Los Angeles…

MALIBU, Calif.—Fire department personnel from Los Angeles and Ventura counties rescued 27 people stranded at Leo Carrillo State Beach campgrounds when creek overflow trapped them this morning, making it impossible to reach higher ground. “We had some campers that were trapped, unable to make it higher ground, due to fast-moving water,” said Los Angeles County…

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A former addiction care center employee was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison on Dec. 10, for driving under the influence of various drugs when he fatally struck a Costa Mesa firefighter bicycling on a Mission Viejo sidewalk. Stephen Taylor Scarpa, 28, was convicted in September of second-degree murder in the death of fire…