DALY CITY - A house caught fire Tuesday morning in Daly City, injuring a resident and a firefighter, fire officials said. The fire broke out around 8:35 a.m. in the first block of Mateo Avenue, according to the North County Fire Authority. Crews arrived to find the first floor of a two-story home filled with heavy smoke and a bedroom in flames, fire officials said. They put out the fire while searching the residence.
A house fire in Mississauga on Halloween night is being investigated as suspicious, Peel police say. Just before 9 p.m. Friday, officers responded to a residential fire in the area of Mississauga and Kane roads, where they found Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services crews working to extinguish a blaze at a two-storey home, Peel police said in an email. The house sustained heavy damage as a result.
A boy with severe autism who died in a fire in Oshawa earlier this month was a joyful and friendly child who loved dancing to Disney songs and playing dress up, his mother said. Bentley Dunn, 11, was found dead inside a trailer that had caught fire on Oct. 18. He loved to run around and be free, he was very much a free spirit, said his mother, Amanda Dunn.
Munich's Oktoberfest beer festival grounds reopened to the public at 5:30 p.m. local time, having been closed during the day following a house fire and suspected suicide in the city's north. The house blaze, linked to a family dispute, left one person and the suspect dead and another two injured, with explosive traps detected inside the home. A note written by the suspect had mentioned the famous event in the city center,