2000 Posts!
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Shed Fire In City’s Northwest Not Believed To Be Suspicious, No Injuries Reported
A fire in a garden shed in the city’s northwest end sent thick black smoke billowing into the air, and caused around $5,000 in damages Tuesday. No injuries were reported, ...
More Photos of Engine 4 (1957 LaFrance Pumper)
A few photos that might add something to this story… I believe the ’57 LaFrance currently owned by a London firefighter.
Burnt Gear
Capt. Frank Bell holds a helmet and coat melted and burned in the intense heat of an apartment fire Sunday at 131 Sackville St., where a young Toronto woman was found dead. The boots were also burned. Capt. Bell and Firefighter Pat Darcey suffered burns trying to get into the apartment. (Rick Eglinton - The London Free Press)
Fierce fire in duplex kills UWO student
Capt. Bell, Firefighter Darcey and O’Brien were engulfed by flame and smoke as they tried to rescue a UWO student.
Centennial Year Report
Excerpts from the City of London municipal yearbook of 1955.