Grass fires keep crews busy

Posted Apr 5, 2010 03:39:35 AM.

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Local fire fighters saw first hand the drawback of the unusually mild and dry weather we have been experiencing.
They responded to a rash of grass fires around the region over the weekend.
There was a blaze in Kitchener late Sunday afternoon in the area of New Dundee Road and Fischer Hallman.
Elsewhere, fire fighters were busy dousing grass fires in New Hamburg and in Baden.

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