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Fire destroys arbor at downtown Red Deer park
No one was hurt, but a structure in downtown Red Deer was destroyed in an early morning fire on Wednesday.
Red Deer Emergency Services members arrived just after 5 a.m. to the Janet McLaren Cook Arbor, located just south of the southbound Gaetz Avenue bridge.
Ken Rosgen, Fire Safety Codes Officer, says when members arrived, the arbor — a wooden structure with benches underneath — was fully engulfed.
Rosgen shares that no one was injured, and that it’s believed the fire began in a garbage bin.