It was another busy weekend for the Dauphin Fire Department.
On Saturday night after 10:30, they were on the scene of a general fire alarm at an apartment block in the southwest area of Dauphin. However, this was only a nuisance alarm, not an actual fire. On Sunday afternoon, before 2:30, high winds caused tree branches to come in contact with hydro wires, dropping sparks onto the dry grass below in the city's northeast.
Shortly after, crews responded to a yard and barn fire north of Dauphin, a fire caused by a burning barrel where embers blew into the dry grass. Less than an hour later, at 5:00 p.m., DFD worked with the Gilbert Plains Fire Department to extinguish a grass fire west of Dauphin off Highway 274.
DFD then received a rescue assist with EMS just before 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, before receiving another call for an unknown fire near Stony Point, just more than an hour later. A hay field was on fire, covering an area a mile wide east to west and two miles north to south. Crews monitored the fire for several hours and remained on the scene until 5:00 p.m.
Throughout the whole day, the DFD crew remained in high spirits and even enjoyed the company of a four-legged friend.
