Last Tuesday started out as a busy day for the Dauphin Fire Department (DFD).

In the early hours of Aug. 2, DFD responded to four separate incidents.

At midnight, the first call was received for a fire in a business on 3rd Avenue North East. As crews were wrapping up and putting the trucks back into service, shortly after 1 a.m., another call was received for a vehicle fire located behind a business on the 300 block of Main Street South.

During this vehicle fire, crews noticed smoke near the corner of Fst Avenue South West and Main Street. A fire was located behind 7-11 beside a trash dumpster.

Then shortly after 6 a.m., a fourth call was received for another vehicle fire at a business in the 500 block of Main Street South.

There was another attempted fire which was not reported to 911 as it had burned itself out at a business on 3rd Avenue North West.

Each one of the incidents is suspicious in nature.

Anyone with information, is asked to contact the RCMP at 204-622-5050.

Just before 1 a.m. Sunday morning, Dauphin Fire Department was dispatched for a report of general fire alarms sounding at Parkview Lodge on 2nd Avenue NE.

Upon arrival crews were met by occupants and security who stated someone had pulled a pull station activating the alarm system, but a quick check of the alarm panel indicated a heat detector on the 10th floor was activated.

Crews climbed the 10 floors via the stairwell and located a fire in the laundry room with heavy smoke entering the hallway. Firefighters evacuated the 10th and 11th floors, while a crew extinguished the fire. The remaining floors were then thoroughly checked to verify there were no other incidents within the building.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation at this time and there are no estimates on damages and no injuries to report.