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Fire departments across the district are urging motorists to ensure their vehicle engine compartments are free of debris and vegetation before<br \/>\ntravelling.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Animals are using vehicles parked for longer periods of time to make nests,&#8221; explained Fire Chief Murray Medley of the Bracebridge Fire Department. &#8220;Before leaving your residence, take the time to open the hood and take a look for vegetation before driving away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fire Departments across the district have been responding to vehicle fires caused by vegetation and outdoor materials packed under the hood of vehicles. This is an unfortunate occurrence that has become common due to vehicles sitting during COVID-19, allowing animals to pack more vegetation around what is a potential fire hazard when driven the next time.<\/p>\n<p>Hot engines, mixed with dry vegetation is a recipe for disaster and can be easily prevented.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox three times per week!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A message from Muskoka Fire Prevention COVID-19 has resulted in more people working from home and staying home due to physical distancing and isolation, and therefore, vehicles are sitting [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":86253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Haven&#039;t been driving much? 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