EVERYONE who has heard of a flaming bag of dog poop knows exactly what not to do with it.
But what about a flaming box of dog poop bags? District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services members had to put out a fire early Wednesday morning in Mosquito Creek Park after someone or something lit up a district biodegradable doggie bag station.
A passerby noticed the smoldering mess and reported it directly at a district fire hall.
What caused the blaze will go down officially as "undetermined."
"It's strange for just a dog poop station just to catch fire but. .. we couldn't find
an ignition source so we can't speculate as to what happened," said Ben Wilson, captain of fire prevention.
With scarcely any rain this summer, anything flammable is far more likely to go up with just a small spark or ignition. Firefighters have been kept busy putting out small fires caused by carelessly flicked cigarettes, Wilson said.
"Every day, we're responding to these fires from people tossing their cigarettes into the (traffic) medians. They just ignite the bark mulch," he said.
The wildfire management branch's fire danger rating for the North Shore is currently high and not likely going to get better anytime soon.
"With this continued dry weather, we're probably going to be at extreme within a week in this area. Extreme is the worst," said assistant fire chief Mike Cairns.
