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Fire destroys camp on Rainy Lake

A weekend blaze levelled a camp on Boucher Road, east of Fort Frances
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FORT FRANCES — The cause of a fire that destroyed a camp on Rainy Lake last weekend remains undetermined.

The chief of the Watten Volunteer Fire Department, Chris Giguere, said his crew responded to the alarm at about 4:00 a.m. Saturday when a call came in from Boucher Road, across the lake from Windy Point Bridge.

Firefighters from Couchiching First Nation were also deployed under a mutual aid agreement.

No injuries were reported.

Giguere praised the efforts of the firefighters who spent about five hours on the scene.

The camp was levelled, and he said a detached garage also sustained some damage from the fire.




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