Buckland firefighters battle house and vehicle fires Sunday 

Buckland Fire and Rescue firefighters had a busy day this past Sunday, responding to a house fire in the morning and a vehicle fire in the evening. 

The department said a fire engine, two tanker trucks, a command unit and six firefighters were dispatched to Gobeil Road just before 9 a.m. RCMP, the SPSA emergency response team and power and gas companies were also called in. 

Mutual aid was requested from Garden River Fire, which sent another tanker. 

The building had already collapsed when crews arrived, as the home had been burning for some time before the fire was reported and was a total loss. Firefighters focused on extinguishing the remaining fire and cooling the site, pumping water from a nearby river to refill the tanker trucks.