The Dauphin Fire Department was called to extinguish a grass fire shortly after 7 p.m. last night along the Vermillion River at the end of 3rd Avenue SW.
Firefighters were able to enter the area on foot and quickly put out the blaze.
They credit the caller's quick thinking and calling 911 for preventing the fire from spreading further into the brush on the riverbank.
The Fire Department is calling the fire suspicious in nature, and it remains under investigation at this time.
