A fire alarm was initiated by the City of Iqaluit dispatch to the on-call airport firefighter at 7:45 p.m. on September 5, 2015, for a roof fire at the new airport terminal building in Iqaluit.
The Nunavut Fire Marshal’s Office would like to remind Nunavummiut of the following home safety tips in association with the Fire Prevention Week 2022 theme of: Fire Won’t Wait, Plan Your Escape.
Shortly after 1:30 a.m. on September 6, 2015, the Cape Dorset Fire Department was called to the scene of a fire at the Peter Pitseolak High School. The fire burned through the night and the school was completely destroyed.