Trailer fire snuffed out in Canal Flats

Canal Flats firefighters extinguished a late night trailer fire at the Canal Flats transfer Station.

A member of the fire department noticed an orange glow from the highway and called it in in the early morning hours on Wednesday.

A discarded travel trailer caught fire before it moved to an adjacent wood debris pile.

Firefighters were on site until 5 a.m.


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