Firefighters called in for dumpster blaze

The Charlottetown fire department had to put out a dumpster fire at Charlottetown Rural High School on Sunday night.

Deputy fire chief Tim Mamye saidthe call came in around 8:20 p.m. andit took firefighters about 45 minutes to extinguishthe burning garbage.

He saidthere was a lot of smoke.

Charlottetown's fire inspector is investigating trying to determine the cause and origin of the fire.

Mamye saidit isn't clear if the fire was intentionally set.

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