Lethbridge Fire and EMS were called to multiple fires downtown this weekend. The fire chief is reminding residents and business owners how they can take preventative measures.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Lethbridge Fire and EMS were called to multiple fires over the weekend. Sarah Jones has more on the fires and how local businesses can take preventative measures.
Chief Fire Marshal Troy Hicks described the fires as “opportunistic,” and reminded residents and business owners to stay vigilant in securing their dumpsters. “Lots of times a lot of these fires we have downtown the opportunity is there. People will see garbage overflowing, recycling overflowing and sometimes these happen.”Just before 7 p.m. on Sunday, personnel responded to a dumpster fire in an alley near 4th Avenue South and another fire smouldering under a tree right around the corner on 7th Street South.
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