O-Score proof
House explosion and fire southeast of Calgary (De Winton / north of Okotoks) — home a total loss; two taken to hospital as precaution; Heritage Heights School closed Nov. 5, CBC and CityNews report
10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked0 of 13 major U.S. outlets as of publish · See proof →Method note: Score reflects coverage as of publish date; changed Nov 2, 2026. Only articles dated on or before our publish date (Nov 5, 2026, ET) count. Later articles are listed as pickups and never lower the score.
Status history (2 events, ET)
- Published
- O-Score check: 10 (Fully overlooked) · 0 of 13 outlets counted
The math
- Outlets checked: 13 major U.S. national outlets.
- Confirmed reports of this story dated on or before our publish date: 0.
- 0 found → O-Score 10 (Fully overlooked). Higher means more overlooked.
| Score | Meaning | Major U.S. outlets that covered it |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fully overlooked ← this story | 0 of 13 outlets |
| 8 | Barely covered | 1 outlet |
| 6, 5 | Lightly covered | 2 outlets (6) · 3 outlets (5) |
| 4, 3 | Covered | 4 outlets (4) · 5 outlets (3) |
| 2, 1, 0 | Widely covered | 6–7 outlets (2) · 8–10 outlets (1) · 11–13 outlets (0) |
Provisional: Headline search only (Google News and Bing News, query variants per outlet, all 13 outlets searched). Candidates unrelated; may change on recheck.
Checked Nov 5, 2026, 10:46 PM ET · search window: 30 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP apnews.com | Not found | google-news: "De Winton house explosion site:apnews.com" bing-news: "De Winton house explosion site:apnews.com" google-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:apnews.com" google-news: "Foothills County explosion site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Foothills County explosion site:apnews.com" |
| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | google-news: "De Winton house explosion site:reuters.com" bing-news: "De Winton house explosion site:reuters.com" google-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:reuters.com" google-news: "Foothills County explosion site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Foothills County explosion site:reuters.com" |
| The New York Times nytimes.com | Not found | google-news: "De Winton house explosion site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "De Winton house explosion site:nytimes.com" google-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:nytimes.com" google-news: "Foothills County explosion site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Foothills County explosion site:nytimes.com" |
| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | google-news: "De Winton house explosion site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "De Winton house explosion site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "Foothills County explosion site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Foothills County explosion site:washingtonpost.com" |
| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found | google-news: "De Winton house explosion site:wsj.com" bing-news: "De Winton house explosion site:wsj.com" google-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:wsj.com" google-news: "Foothills County explosion site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Foothills County explosion site:wsj.com" |
| CNN cnn.com | Not found | google-news: "De Winton house explosion site:cnn.com" bing-news: "De Winton house explosion site:cnn.com" google-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:cnn.com" google-news: "Foothills County explosion site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Foothills County explosion site:cnn.com" |
| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | google-news: "De Winton house explosion site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "De Winton house explosion site:foxnews.com" google-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:foxnews.com" google-news: "Foothills County explosion site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Foothills County explosion site:foxnews.com" |
| NBC News nbcnews.com | Not found | google-news: "De Winton house explosion site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "De Winton house explosion site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "Foothills County explosion site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Foothills County explosion site:nbcnews.com" |
| CBS News cbsnews.com | Not found | google-news: "De Winton house explosion site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "De Winton house explosion site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "Foothills County explosion site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Foothills County explosion site:cbsnews.com" |
| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | google-news: "De Winton house explosion site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "De Winton house explosion site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "Foothills County explosion site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Foothills County explosion site:abcnews.go.com" |
| NPR npr.org | Not found | google-news: "De Winton house explosion site:npr.org" bing-news: "De Winton house explosion site:npr.org" google-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:npr.org" bing-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:npr.org" google-news: "Foothills County explosion site:npr.org" bing-news: "Foothills County explosion site:npr.org" |
| USA Today usatoday.com | Not found | google-news: "De Winton house explosion site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "De Winton house explosion site:usatoday.com" google-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:usatoday.com" google-news: "Foothills County explosion site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Foothills County explosion site:usatoday.com" |
| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found | google-news: "De Winton house explosion site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "De Winton house explosion site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Okotoks Heritage Heights fire site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "Foothills County explosion site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Foothills County explosion site:bloomberg.com" |
Pickups
We published: Nov 5, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Search terms
“De Winton house explosion”, “Okotoks Heritage Heights fire”, “Foothills County explosion”
Method
- google-news
- bing-news
A match counts only if the outlet’s own article is about this story, not a passing mention. “Not found” means not found by these methods; search engines index only part of each site. Stories are rechecked daily for pickups; the score itself is locked to coverage as of our publish date.