Heavy smoke pours into downtown from brush fire

Saskatoon fire crews were called to an unlikely place for a brush fire Monday.

Fire crews were called around 10 a.m., to the northern edge of downtown after heavy smoke was spotted coming from a section of brush off 29th Street East behind the Ramada golf dome.

Crews putting out a brush fire off 29th Street behind the Ramada golf dome. The burned area is full of chairs, shopping carts and other debris #yxe @CKOMNews pic.twitter.com/2tXWbGc5HX

— Brent Bosker (@brentbosker) October 31, 2022

A member on scene told 650 CKOM it was suspected the area was a homeless camp or an illegal dumping ground. However, the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

The fire department said nobody was injured.