A bylaw passed in 2024 banned Vancouver retailers from selling a lockable version of the device, but in the year since it ...

The city banned the sale of lockable butane torches last summer, after Vancouver Fire Rescue Services linked them to at least ...

Vancouver Fire Rescue Services says it's clamping down on businesses selling lockable butane lighters. Despite a recent ...

A Harrisburg man tried to set a trash pile on fire with a blow torch Friday at Karma, a downtown nightclub, police said.

One year since the City of Vancouver banned the sale of lockable butane torches, the devices are still being sold and causing fires in the city. According to the Vancouver Fire Rescue Services (VFRS), ...

Taylor Warford was convicted of stalking in Colorado after secretly placing a GPS tracker in his ex-wife's car and ...

Vancouver Fire cracking down on continuous flame butane torches after rash of fires Despite a sales ban passed a year ago, there have been dozens of fires blamed on the lockable torches ...

• Last year, continuous flame torches were confirmed to have started 38 fires in Vancouver. From Jan. 1 to June 12, 2025, at ...

Taylor Warford, from Denver, was convicted July 9 of felony stalking and violating an order of protection following a jury ...