Busy weekend for city officials
Posted Jun 10, 2012 8:23 am.
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The Calgary Fire Department was kept busy in the city’s northwest Sunday morning, responding to a couple calls within minutes of each other.
Around 12:40 am, crews we’re called to the 300 block of Poplar Street to discover a mobile home engulfed in flames.
Battalion Chief Don Huska tells 660News no one was home at the time but some houses in the community were evacuated.
“Four residents from the two adjacent homes were evacuated as a precaution due to the large volume of fire,” he adds.
No one was injured in the fire and neighbours were able to return to their homes later in the morning.
The mobile home was extensively damaged and the cause of the blaze is still under investigation.
Around 12:45 am, crews were called to the intersection of Tuscany Boulevard and Tuscany Valley Way N.W. to aid in a collision between an SUV and a light post.
Huska says they had to use the jaws of life to free a man in his 20’s from the vehicle.
There we’re no passengers and the man suffered minor injuries.
Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash.
Meanwhile, a warning from city police to drivers with the recent wet conditions.
Saturday night police were called to two rollovers on Deerfoot Trail during the peak of the rainy weather.
Duty Inspector Paul Malchow tells 660News they can’t say for sure the crashes were the result of hydroplaning, but it’s a pretty good guess.
“A lot of water has pooled on Deerfoot, so what happens is the water gets between the water, our tires, and the asphalt. It causes hydroplaning and when we have this kind of water drivers have to be aware of that possibility. The best tip is to slow down when there’s heavy water on the highway,” he adds.
One of the rollovers was on Deerfoot south of Southland drive, while the other was north bound Deerfoot just pass Anderson Road.
The occupants in both incidents escaped with out serious injuries.
Police are also reminding residents to stay away from river banks as water levels were already high before the latest spate of rain.
