Man suffers second-degree burns in dumpster fire: CFD
The Calgary Fire Department says a man suffered burns to 25 per cent of his body in a dumpster fire in Bridgeland/Riverside.
Just before 6 a.m., crews responded to 204 Ninth St. N.E. for reports of a building fire.
When they arrived, they discovered the fire was inside a dumpster.
As they worked to put it out, they found a man who had been burned in the blaze.
The victim was taken to hospital by EMS in serious, but non-life-threatening condition.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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