New Hamburg Ontario fire department was paged out for a house fire on Waterloo St at 00:45 January 11. Volunteer firefighters responding to the hall reported the house was fully involved, with fire through the roof. New Hamburg requested Baden Fire as they pulled out of their hall.

New Hamburg responded with their pumper, quint, heavy rescue and tanker. Baden responded with two pumpers, and their heavy rescue, leaving their two tankers in the hall. New Hamburg and Baden pumpers both caught hydrants. The building was fully involved with heavy fire showing from every window and through the roof.

All fire fighting was defensive. Two deluges were set up in front of the house as well as numerous 2.5” and 1.5” lines surrounded the building. All firefighters were kept away from the collapse zone. The roof pancaked into the building within 15 minutes of arrival. Crews protected a house on the E2 side, and had to deal with a trailer that caught fire in front of the house. The house was totally destroyed. The owners of the house were in Ottawa visiting friends. The Ontario Fire Marshall has been called in to investigate the fire. Photos were taken at approximately 2 am after setting up rehab for firefighters. 

All photos by

Gary Dinkel

Box 690

Baden pumper set up down wind of fire, pump operator was on air. Shot taken when the smoke rose for a few minutes allowing me to get a quick shot out of the smoke. Gary Dinkel photo

Front of building, very foggy rainy night.. Gary Dinkel photo

New Hamburg pumper. Gary Dinkel photo

Gary Dinkel photo