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Canadian rescuers rescued as fire truck flips

By Laura Fraser
The Chronicle Herald

PORTERS LAKE, Nova Scotia — The blur of the fire engine raced by Toulany’s Market in Porters Lake, its flashing lights and echoing siren announcing a reply to a call for help.

But seconds later the rescuers became the emergency when they veered to avoid several oncoming cars on a narrow stretch of pavement near Highway 7 and West Porters Lake Road.

The fire truck’s squealing brakes reached Lisa Fraser’s ears at the nearby convenience store, moments before the truck flipped over in a ditch at about noon Saturday.

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