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Fire sparked in downtown Vernon dumpster

Recycling bin blaze amid 30 degree weather
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Vernon firefighters were called to a dumpster fire at Chevron June 9.

Vernon Fire Rescue Services doused a dumpster fire behind a downtown business Monday mid-day.

Crews were called around 12:30 p.m. to the Chevron off Highway 97 and 32nd Street.

The fire was inside a recycling bin.

The temperature was over 30 degrees Celsius at the time.

The Morning Star has reached out to VFRS to see if a cause of the fire is known.



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