Sometime between the hours of 6-6:05 a.m., a series of loud explosions were heard throughout Assiniboia on the morning of Sept. 22. Next, a fire sparked off east of Centre Street and along Second Avenue in a car lot located within Assiniboia's downtown sector.
Emergency vehicles arrived at approximately 6:13 to extinguish a vehicle on fire at Taylor's Auto Repair on 102 Second Avenue East.
At the centre of the disaster, a silver crew cab-styled XTR Ford pick-up truck spewed smoke and flames. A neighbouring Ford 250 also caught on fire.
The Assiniboia Fire Department arrived on time to contain and extinguish the burning truck, before the blazes could spread north across Second Avenue and west towards Centre Street.
Later that morning, the fire scene was cordoned off and the RCMP were present to probe the causes of the fire.
Fire Chief Chuck Rust was asked if he could provide details about last night's fire. He responded,听"I can鈥檛 comment on the fire 鈥� it鈥檚 under investigation by RCMP."听
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