Firefighter jumps into river to escape grass fire

By Global News April 15, 2016

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April 15, 2016, St. Albert, Alta. - A firefighter in St. Albert was forced to jump into the Sturgeon River Thursday afternoon to escape the flames of a massive grass fire. Fire crews were called out to fight two brush fires north of Edmonton Thursday afternoon. Global News reports. | READ MORE

<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Truly incredible video of fire tornado that happened during brush fire causing our firefighter to escape into river <a href="https://t.co/8BdeZDfeL5">pic.twitter.com/8BdeZDfeL5</a></p> <p>— StAlbertFirefighters (@saffu2130) <a href="https://twitter.com/saffu2130/status/721540467859402752">April 17, 2016</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen>

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