Playground burns in Savage, police looking for help

Dramatic images from the scene shows the extent of the blaze.

Author:
Adam Uren
Publish date:
Jun 16, 2020

Screen Shot 2020-06-16 at 2.51.55 PM — Savage Police Department, Facebook

Police in Savage, Minnesota, are seeking information about a fire at a playground in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Officers arrived at the playground at Savage Community Park at 1:15 a.m. to find it "fully engulfed in flames."

The playground suffered extensive damage as a result, and now police want information about how it started.

Anyone with information should call the Savage Police Department at 952-882-2600.

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Playground destroyed by fire.

It happened last weekend at Gethsemane Park.

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It's the playground at Watertown-Mayer Elementary School.

Boys playing with matches may have caused it.

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Among those affected is the Crooked Spoon.

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The 60-year-old was not killed in the fire.

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