Grass fire northeast of Saskatoon destroys small buildings, damages another

Saskatoon firefighters responded to reports of a large grass fire northeast of city Friday afternoon.

The first to the scene discovered a fire burning between two residential yards, which crews had under control within 30 minutes. Two small buildings were destroyed and a third received some damage.

One fire engine, two brush trucks and two water tankers aided in the defeating the fire, which was extinguished shortly thereafter.

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The fire scorched roughly five acres, and there were no reported injuries.

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