It took members of the Quesnel Fire Department only a couple minutes to respond to and extinguish a small brush fire near downtown Quesnel.
Firefighters were called to a small brush fire near the pedestrian overpass on Legion Drive just after 5:15 p.m.
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A small fire had started near the bottom of a tree, which was extinguished when a fire engine showed up. Department members worked quickly to extinguish the blaze before it could spread to nearby brown grass.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
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