{"id":625889,"date":"2026-04-24T16:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/625889\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T16:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:29:08","slug":"firefighters-tackle-grass-fire-near-st-boniface-industrial-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/625889\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters tackle grass fire near St. Boniface Industrial area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A grass fire near the St. Boniface Industrial Park was quickly knocked down Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The fire broke out shortly after 7:40 p.m. near Lagimodiere Boulevard and Dugald Road.<\/p>\n<p>When crews arrived, the fire had spread to about 400 metres in size.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters used\u00a0specialized equipment, including WFPS \u201cBison\u201d vehicles designed for rough terrain, to reach and extinguish hot spots while protecting nearby property.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The fire was declared under control by 8:48 p.m. No injuries were reported, and no damage estimates are available. The cause remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>WFPS is reminding residents that spring typically brings an increase in grass and wildland fires, and is urging people to take steps to reduce fire risk around homes and properties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A grass fire near the St. Boniface Industrial Park was quickly knocked down Thursday evening. The fire broke&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-625889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}