Inuvik (May 16/03) - Tuesday was a busy day for Inuvik's emergency services.

Their day began when they were called to extinguish a truck fire at 7:45 a.m.

Fire Chief Al German said when they arrived at the scene, a 2000 Chevrolet truck owned by Renewable Resources and Economic Development was engulfed in flames.

"The whole front end of the vehicle was totally involved in fire," German said.

RCMP warned firefighters that there was ammunition stored in both doors of the vehicle.

"We had to approach it a little more cautiously than a normal fire," he said.

"There was nothing left of the whole front end," German said. "Usually there is some metal left, but not with this one."

"The radiator's gone the battery's gone -- even half the engine's gone."

The vehicle was not running at the time, and no cause is known for the fire, but German said they are investigating.

About an hour later, the town's bylaw officer was called to Sir Alexander Mackenzie School where two vicious dogs were attacking school children.

Officer Randy Shermack captured both animals and they were both put down.

At about 2:30 p.m. emergency services were called to pull a cold and wet, but very much alive John Holman from the Mackenzie River.

Capt. Julie Miller was first on the scene and she said Holman was trying to skim his snowmobile across some open water to the ice, but failed.

"He left from shore and never made it to the ice, and down he went," Miller said.

The rescue team took a raft out to where the man had fallen through.

"We sent the raft out and brought him back to shore," she said. "He's okay, he's doing just fine -- he's a very lucky man."

Miller said ever year people push their luck on the ice.

"These are the perils of Ski-Dooing at this time of the year," Miller said. "Stay off the ice and stay off the water -- you're on a Ski-Doo, not a Sea-Doo."