North Shannon Creek bridge destroyed by grass fire.
On April 24, 2010, at 5:40pm Morden RCMP were dispatched to Road 17W (also known as Kronsgart Road) in the RM of Roland regarding a grass fire that was burning out of control.
When police arrived at the scene, located just over a kilometre south of Highway 23, they found the Roland Fire Department fighting the fire.
The grass fire had set the North Shannon Creek bridge ablaze. As a result of the fire, the bridge was completely destroyed. Due to the fire there is no access across the North Shannon Creek on Road 17W and the road there is closed for an indefinite period of time.
There were no injuries reported.
Vitali Weiss, a 32-year-old man of the Myrtle area has been charged with an offence under the Manitoba Wildfires Act for starting a fire that burnt out of control.
Cpl. Adam Chornenki
Morden RCMP Detachment
ph. (204) 822-4476
