Fire crews respond to a grass fire on Stony Trail S.E
Posted Mar 14, 2015 10:45 pm.
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Firefighters made quick work of a grass fire in the city’s south Saturday evening.
Crews responded to the blaze on HWY 22X East of 88th St just before 5:30p.m.
“It has been determined that this was caused by an overhead powerline that shorted out in the high winds,” Battalion Chief Alan Ball told 660News
Ball adds they were able to contain the fire quite quickly, but it still burned approximately 35 hectares of land.
He says with Calgarian’s enjoying the beautiful weather outside to be extra vigilant of disposing any smoking materials properly.
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