A member of the Nanaimo Fire Rescue pours water on a brush fire near the Parkway Trail. The brush fire occurred on Friday morning and was located about a kilometre south of the Northfield Road intersection.

A member of the Nanaimo Fire Rescue pours water on a brush fire near the Parkway Trail. The brush fire occurred on Friday morning and was located about a kilometre south of the Northfield Road intersection.

Brush fire snuffed out

NANAIMO – Fire crews put out a brush fire on the Parkway Trail just south of Northfield Road.

A member of the Nanaimo Fire Rescue pours water on a brush fire near the Parkway Trail.

The brush fire occurred on Friday morning and was located about a kilometre south of the Northfield Road intersection.

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