One person was taken to hospital after a car caught fire while on the ice of the North Saskatchewan River near the River Ridge Golf Course.
One person was taken to hospital after a car caught fire while on the ice of the North Saskatchewan River near the River Ridge Golf Course.
One person was taken to hospital after a car caught fire while on the ice of the North Saskatchewan River near the River Ridge Golf Course on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
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Emergency crews were called to a golf course in southwest Edmonton late Wednesday morning after a vehicle ended up on fire on the ice of the adjacent North Saskatchewan River.
Edmonton Fire Rescue Services said just before 11:30 a.m, it got a call about a vehicle on the frozen river at the bottom of Windermere Boulevard SW at the River Ridge Golf Course.
Crews arrived on scene four minutes later and used river rescue equipment to get to the car on the ice.
One person was taken to hospital after a car caught fire while on the ice of the North Saskatchewan River near the River Ridge Golf Course on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
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EFRS said a patient was taken by Alberta Health Services EMS to hospital. Their condition is not known.
The car fire was put out and the city said firefighters were pulling the torched vehicle up and off of the ice.
The Edmonton Police Service was also on scene. It’s not yet known why the car ended up on the ice or how it caught fire.
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