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Last night at 10:50 pm Bend Fire & Rescue responded to a report of an outside fire at Harmon Park, AKA Boat Park at 1100 NW Harmon BLVD.
Crews arrived and found a fully involved play structure with surrounding wood chips on fire. Crews quickly stopped the progress of the fire and extinguished all hot spots. Fire did not spread to any of the other structures in the park.
The investigation to what caused the fire is still under investigation by Bend PD and Fire Department.