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Salmo blaze destroys Scrap King office

Firefighters were called out Thursday morning to battle the blaze on Airport Road.
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The Salmo Fire Department was called out to battle a blaze on Airport Road.

The Salmo Fire Department was called out to Airport Road on Thursday morning to battle a blaze at Scrap King Auto Wrecking and Towing.

"The office is gone," said Salmo Fire Chief David Hearn.

He described the building as a "one-storey modular" and said it was completely burned to the ground.

Two Salmo engines and a tender, plus one engine and a tender from Ymir we called out to battle the place.

At  4 p.m. the same day, crews were still on scene as the wreckage continued to smoulder.

No injuries have been reported and no word on what caused the fire has been released.



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