Salmon Arm firefighters responded to reports of heavy smoke coming from a subdivision in the city, but reports of a structure fire turned out to be somewhat of a false alarm.
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Crews arrived at the 19 Avenue SE location to find an active brun pile on a construction site, burning scrap materials in a residential yard that was producing thick smoke.
Upon arrival fire crews doused the burn pile and signalled that no house fire was present before returning to quarters.