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Crews fight suspicious hay bale fire near closed Manitoba fiber-board plant

ELIE, Man. -- Crews are working to contain a fire that broke out in a stockpile of hay and straw bales near a closed fibreboard plant west of Winnipeg.

ELIE, Man. -- Crews are working to contain a fire that broke out in a stockpile of hay and straw bales near a closed fibreboard plant west of Winnipeg.

RCMP say the fire near the Dow BioProducts facility is not a threat to any people or build-ings.

Police and fire investigators are treating the blaze as suspicious.

Volunteer fire crews working in -30 C temperatures have been trying their best to contain the flames despite heavy winds.

The Manitoba Fire Commissioner's office is helping in the investigation.

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