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Man suffers second-degree burns in dumpster fire: CFD

A stock photo showing the side of a Calgary Fire Department vehicle. A stock photo showing the side of a Calgary Fire Department vehicle.
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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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