If you have a fire you could cause damage to wildlife. He added people could lose a lot more than property in one of these fires. He said many communities have suffered the loss of loved ones due to uncontrolled grass fires. Dorchester Fire chief Greg Partridge doesn't see the point to burning. He said there has been a couple instances this year when the fire department was called to extinguish fires of burning grass or compostables.
People just tend to want to burn.
They usually light them up then, call us. Partridge said most of the fires the put out this year actually happened outside the village and more toward Dorchester Cape. He said the peak grass fire period ended a couple weeks ago when green grass began to appear. Although The Moncton Hospital will see 35 beds closed for the summer months due to nursing cutbacks, an official at the Sackville Memorial Hospital said no plans are in the works to close any beds locally. June Kerry explained SMH currently has 21 beds and is continuing to make every effort to keep all of them open.