The Port Moody police are investigating after a playground in the College Park area went up in smoke early Monday morning.
Witnesses contacted emergency officials shortly after midnight when they saw playground equipment in the Burrard Crescent area was on fire.
Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze and kept it from spreading to nearby trees and a forested area but the play structure was destroyed.
Witnesses reported seeing several young people playing basketball at the park earlier in the evening. Police were still investigating Thursday morning but said there is no indication of arson at this time.
“The Port Moody Police Department would like to remind everyone to be extra careful and to discard cigarette butts in appropriate receptacles,” police said in a press release. “Additionally, any kind of open fires are banned in Port Moody due to the hot, dry conditions.”
Anyone with any information about the blaze is asked to call Port Moody Police at 604-461-3456. Those who wish to remain anonymous can do so by contacting Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or via www.solvecrime.ca
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