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Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service responds to riverbank fire, 1 person hospitalized

The fire was extinguished on the riverbank by the Maryland Bridge late Sunday night. / GLOBAL NEWS.

A fire Sunday night sent one person to hospital in unstable condition.

At 10:50 p.m. the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service responded to reports of a fire on the riverbank near the Maryland Bridge.

The fire involved a temporary encampment in the area and was quickly extinguished, but one person was sent to hospital.

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There’s no update on the patient as of this reporting.

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