Grass Fire In Downtown Cobourg

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Members of the Cobourg Fire Department responded to a grass fire on Third Street, just south of King Street on Sunday, June 9, 2019 at approximately 2:13 p.m.

A fire in a flower bed area was burning and firefighters quickly extinguished it.

Through investigation it’s believed a discarded cigarette may have ignited the fire even though there is a cigarette receptacle approximately one metre from where the fire was burning.

Pete Fisher
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