Pincher Creek Emergency Services has been very busy the past few days.
At approximately 3:00 pm Sunday, April 28, Pincher Creek Emergency Services responded to two fires adjacent to Highway 6.
One fire was a half a mile south of Pincher Creek, with the other approximately five miles south. Both fires were contained to the highway area. Pincher Creek Tender, Pincher Creek Engine 43, Pincher Creek responded with a tender and a fire engine and Beaver Mines responded with an engine.
Just after midnight on Monday, April 29, Pincher Creek Emergency Services were called to a fire west of Beaver Mines in the Forest Protection Area. Sustainable Resources and Development (SRD) responded, as did Pincher creek with a tender and an engine. Beaver Mines also responded with an engine and the recently acquired Beaver Mines all terrain vehicle (ATV).
According to Emergency Services Chief Dave Cox that fire was probably caused by high winds blowing a tree over into a power line. Crews worked from midnight until 7:00 am to contain the fire, which spread for an estimated 1/2 acre distance. Fortis and a local rancher loaned emergency workers the use of ATV's to assist them getting to the site of the fire.
Pincher Creek Emergency Services and various other agencies were also kept busy on April 26 and 27, dealing with multiple blown over vehicles on Highway 22 (see 'Related stories') below.
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High winds results in multiple accidents on Highway 22
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