Great Falls Fire Rescue Responds to Series of Fires Over Christmas Weekend

Great Falls, MT – Over the Christmas weekend, GFFR responded to a series ofdumpster/debris fires and grass/brush fires in the downtown area. On the night ofDecember 23, 2023, at 7:50 pm GFFR responded to a grass/brush fire that was near therailroad tracks behind the Children’s Museum. When Engine 1 arrived on scene, theyfound a small fire that was five foot by five foot. Engine 1 quickly extinguished the fire. Thefire caused minor damage to a tree and fence. At the same time as Engine 1 was addressing the fire behind the Children’s Museum,GFFR was dispatched to another fire that had occurred behind Tracy’s restaurant. E2arrived on scene to find a new restaurant cooler on a pallet had been burned. The cooler onthe pallet was protected by cardboard, which someone attempted to burn. There was nodamage done to the cooler. While investigating the fire GFFR found, that an individual hadintentionally placed a propane tank next to the pallet as it burned. GFPD and GFFR wereable to watch surveillance footage of the alley, where a male was seen coming and goingmultiple times during the time of the fire. December 25th at 8:01 pm, Engine 3 responded to a fire in a dumpster fire behind TimesSquare. Engine 3 was able to keep the fire contained to the dumpster. Two hours after thefire occurred in the dumpster, GFFR was dispatched to a grass fire on the Rivers EdgeTrail near the tennis courts. GFPD was on scene and directed Engine 1 to the fire, whichhad burned a five foot by thirty-foot section of vegetation along the trail. The crew fromEngine 1 utilized GFFR’s Brush truck to access the trail and extinguish the fire.In the case of all of these fires, an ignition source could not be found, and the cause of thefires remain under investigation by GFFR and GFPD.

Great Falls Fire Rescue Responds to Series of Fires Over Christmas Weekend

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