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Crews battle 'two alarm' fire at Prestige Flooring on Jasper Avenue
The total cost for damages is expected to be substantial after fire crews battled a blaze at Prestige Flooring and Hardwood in Saskatoon on Wednesday. Everyone got out of the building okay and no one ...
Jul 24, 2024 A two alarm fire required more than a dozen response vehicles to Jasper Avenue on Tuesday as crews battled a blaze at Prestige Flooring. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
No injuries after fire at home on Idylwyld Drive
A fire at a multi-unit home on Idylwyld Drive ended with no injuries on Monday morning. According to the Saskatoon Fire Department, smoke could be seen when firefighters arrived in the 1000 block of I...
Jul 15, 2024 No injuries were reported after a house fire on Idylwyld Drive on Monday morning. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
Hazmat team responded to Saskatoon City Hospital chemical spill
The Saskatchewan Health Authority said Tuesday's Code Brown (Hazardous Materials Incident) was due to a machine used in sterilizing endoscopy equipment was found to be leaking a hospital-grade disinfe...
Jul 02, 2024 A 9-1-1 call sent Saskatoon Fire Department to the City Hospital for a chemical spill on Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
Doug Wegren named Saskatoon's new fire chief
Saskatoon has a new fire chief. The Saskatoon Fire Department announced that assistant chief Doug Wegren will assume the role, starting on Thursday. He replaces Morgan Hackl, who retired in March afte...
May 16, 2024 Doug Wegren is taking over the role of fire chief for Saskatoon, starting on Thursday. (City of Saskatoon/Submitted)
33rd Street apartment fire leaves Saskatoon man with devastating burns
On the evening of April 7, Heather Dyck received a shocking text from her son, Zakk Grant. The 30-year-old let his mother know that a fire had started in his basement suite on 33rd Street West. Dyck t...
Apr 17, 2024 Zakk Grant suffered second and third-degree burns to 40 per cent of his body during a fire in his basement suite apartment on April 7. (Submitted)
Walkway in Gabriel Dumont Park damaged by fire, cause unknown
A pedestrian walkway in Saskatoon's Gabriel Dumont Park has been closed after a fire Thursday morning. The Saskatoon Fire Department said it responded to a report of a fire in the park just after 8:30...
Apr 11, 2024 The call about the fire was received Thursday just after 8:30 a.m. (650 CKOM file photo)
Fire in Riversdale neighbourhood causes $150K in damage
A fire early Tuesday caused an estimated $150,000 in damage to a building in Saskatoon's Riversdale neighbourhood. According to the Saskatoon Fire Department, the call about the blaze in the 200 block...
Mar 12, 2024 The Saskatoon Fire Department responded to the fire on Tuesday just after 6 a.m. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
Saskatchewan snowstorm sparks surge in carbon monoxide calls
In the wake of a major weekend snowstorm, the Saskatoon Fire Department has received a handful of calls about blocked furnace vents and carbon monoxide risks. Fire marshal Brian Conway said the depart...
Mar 06, 2024 The fire department has received calls about blocked furnace vents since the weekend storm. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
Burned-out house in Westmount neighbourhood to be demolished
The Westmount-area house where a fire broke out early Tuesday will be demolished. According to a release from the Saskatoon Fire Department, the boarded-up house in the 200 block of Avenue K North "ha...
Feb 27, 2024 Firefighters said the extreme cold was making their work challenging. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon teens get Award of Merit for saving woman from house fire
The Saskatoon Fire Department (SFD) celebrated the heroism of three teenagers Monday by presenting them with an Award of Merit. On Nov. 13, Avery Chubb, Georgia Vanderlinde and Quinn Hogan were drivin...
Dec 18, 2023 The teens rescued a woman from a burning house on Zeman Crescent in November. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM file photo)
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