VOL. 69 NO. 16
66 YEARS OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016
Vegreville Fire Department extinguishes multiple fires
Vegreville Fire Department (photo supplied):The Vegreville Fire Department was called to seven individual separate fires on the morning of April 18 and they successfully extinguished each one.
Joe Machney Reporter The Vegreville Fire Department was called to seven individual separate fires on the morning of April 18 that were ranging in areas from Innisfree, to south of the Beaver County line, west to the Lamont County line and north of Two Hills County line. It also involved many fires south of Lavoy, south of Vegreville, and west of Vegreville, as well as the area around northeast of Warwick. Approximately 11 fire departments involving more than 100 firefighters took part in battling the fires. “One structure was lost east of town, but thankfully
all occupants are accounted for, Deputy Chief Chris Jardine said. “In the end all the firefighters performed beautifully and safely so that we were all able to go home. It was a great joint effort with neighboring counties and fire departments. The initial assessment is that the wind definitely played a part in the fires and we are urging county members to insure that any ground fires from old controlled burns are extinguished to insure that these don’t reoccur. We figure that a lot of these were old controlled burns that with the wind and the erosion of the ground started throwing some embers around.”
Town council passes budget
Bull revenge
See page 4 for story
See page 12 for story