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Posted AT 4:20 AM EDT on 20/05/08

Winnipeg's culture of fire lighting

From Tuesday's Globe and Mail

WINNIPEG — Fire engine R6, its lights flashing, hurtles down historic Selkirk Avenue in Winnipeg's north end, leaving a cloud of dust and a fading siren in its wake.It's 11:30 p.m. in Winnipeg's arson zone, and as far as fires go, this one is prosaic: a commercial garbage bin filled with broken plywood spewing flames two metres into the night sky.

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