Palmer Rapids: OPP calls off search for source of emergency flares set off west of Renfrew [Video]

The Ontario Provincial Police have called off a search for the source of emergency flares that were set off in a rural area near the Madawaska River early Sunday morning.

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In a statement on Sunday evening, police said a resident of the Township of Madawaska Valley called the Killaloe detachment of the OPP around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday to report seeing a flare being ignited in the area of Palmer Rapids.

An OPP officer who responded to the call reported seeing a second flare in the same area.

Palmer Rapids is located in an area known to have “numerous homes and cottages” about 90 kilometres west of the Town of Renfrew and 190 kilometres west of Ottawa.

In an update on Monday morning, the OPP …