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5 people temporarily displaced from Moncton home due to pepper spray

File - Members of the Moncton Fire Department stand outside a fire on the morning of Dec. 15, 2017. Courtesy of Wade Perry

Five people have been temporarily displaced from a home in Moncton, N.B., after a can of pepper spray was discharged in the residence on Tuesday.

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The Moncton Fire Department was called to a bungalow on Argyle Street on Tuesday evening where they tested the air quality due to the pepper spray, the Canadian Red Cross said.

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The fire department recommended the house be vacated for at least a day until the air quality improved.

Volunteers with the Canadian Red Cross have since arranged emergency lodging and food for the four adults and one child.

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No injuries were reported in the incident.

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