Between 9:21 a.m. and 10:37 a.m. on Thursday, crews responded to two garage fires, a deck fire and two fence fires.
Firefighters were called to four separate blazes in Saskatoon’s Mayfair neighbourhood over a period of just over an hour on Thursday morning.
No injuries were reported. The fire department said it’s unknown whether the fires were related.
The first call came in at 9:21 a.m. about a detached garage fire in the 1500 block of Avenue E North. It spread to a garage across the alley on Avenue F North.
At 9:53 a.m., crews were called to a deck fire in the 1400 block of Avenue D North.
Less than 10 minutes later, a fence was on fire in the 100 block of 31st Street West.
Finally, at 10:37 a.m., crews were called to another fence fire on 29th Street West.
All of the fires were extinguished shortly after crews arrived.
City police asked the public to avoid the area and report any suspicious activity by calling 911 in an emergency or 306-975-8300.
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