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The Moncton fire department responded to a grass fire along the Petitcodiac River at around 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve.
The fire burned about 1.6 hectares of grassland by the riverfront, said Platoon Chief Scott Brown. It was located between the road and the river bank toward Moncton, bordered by the Gunningsville Bridge and the Honourable Brenda Robertson Bridge, he said.
“The topography was very challenging. So it’s frozen ground and there’s all of the little channels in the mud from where the water runs out to the river.”
Another difficulty for the firefighters, Brown said, was the height of the grass, which was nearly two metres tall and “over our firefighters heads,” making it hard for them to see.
Brown said the fire took about three hours to extinguish with eight firefighters, a chief officer and four trucks present at the site. No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire is unknown and Brown said he is not aware of an investigation being underway.