Red Deer County firefighters respond to fire near Sylvan Lake

Red Deer County firefighters respond to fire near Sylvan Lake

The Red Deer County fire department responded to a grass fire by Highway 11 on May 12. The initial call was made at 2:15 p.m., and firefighters had it extinguished by around 4 p.m. The suspected cause of the fire, which happened between Red Deer and Sylvan Lake on the north side of Highway 11, west of Range Road 285, is a mechanical issue, Fire Chief Drayton Bussiere said. “The fire was suspected to have been caused by a vehicle driving by or by…