Southwest fire blamed on hockey sticks

By News Staff

Posted Jan 3, 2013 7:12 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

How Canadian is this?

A fire at a house in Calgary’s southwest early Thursday morning is being blamed on burning hockey sticks.

The fire department says a pile of sticks stacked beside an attached garage along Sackville Drive caught fire and spread to the outside of the garage.

Luckily one of the members of the family of four who live in the home spotted the flames and crews knocked it down before there was any significant damage.

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