“Cobalt has been devastated a few times, but I’m sure you’re talking about the 1977 fires” Helen Culhane, Cobalt, Ontario

“It was the law that any able bodied person between 18 and 65 could be conscrpited for fire fighting duties.” – Harry Coates, Prince George, BC

“The fire was at a time when people were up there, and we were like, do they know?” Andrew Currie, Gravenhurst, ON

For fifteen years after a fire, the furniture store sat boarded and scorched until Brett Levitt’s father and a council took action.

“That was the closest thing to war I ever want to be in.” – Crissie Nash, Markdale, ON