A structure fire, carbon monoxide leak and a vehicle fire kept the Humboldt Fire Department (HFD) hopping over the holidays.
On December 23, at 11:58 p.m. they received a call about a structure fire at Stoney Lake.
The fire started in an outhouse at a cabin at Stoney Lake.
"Basically what happened is, (the owner) put a heater in the outhouse early on that day," said Mike Kwasnica of HFD.
"It shorted out that afternoon."
The owner acted quickly and thought he had put the fire out.
"It must have rekindled with the wind or something later on that night," said Kwasnica.
"By the time he noticed it this time, it was pretty much completely burned down, as well as a garden shed and an outdoor shower beside the cabin."
Once on the scene at midnight, it took under half an hour for the 17 firefighters to get the blaze under control and put out.
December 26 was a busy day for the HFD.
The first call they received was about carbon monoxide poisoning at St. Mary's Villa.
"We received a call at 6:15 a.m.," said Kwasnica.
"We were requested in assisting the EMS in transport."
They helped transport some of the Villa residents to the hospital and checked the levels of carbon monoxide.
"That was our first priority was to check the air quality so we would know it was safe to go in without our air packs on," said Francis Kunz, Deputy Fire Chief.
"We did advise the maintenance department of the Villa to get carbon monoxide detectors," said Kwasnica.
Later that day, at 5:26 p.m. they received a call about a vehicle fire on 7th Avenue, close to the Royal Bank.
"(The driver) only drove from 7-11 and then noticed the smoke," said Kunz.
"(Ten firefighters) arrived on the scene at 5:33 and a 2000 Hyundai Tiburon was fully engulfed," said Kwasnica.
The fire was put out in under 10 minutes. It started in the rear of the vehicle and the cause is unknown.
Other than those three incidents, it was a quiet time. There were a couple of false alarms.
A fire alarm was pulled at the Henry Ford Centre on January 1 and a home security alarm was set off when the occupant forgot the security code.
"If you do have home security, make sure you remember the password, or we get called," said Kwasnica.
