Flames destroy northeast business in two alarm fire
Posted Dec 3, 2017 08:04:44 AM.
Last Updated Dec 3, 2017 02:29:51 PM.
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Upon arrival, they saw smoke and flames coming from one end of the building and a second alarm was called in. Ladder trucks were used to surround the building and keep the fire from spreading to a nearby condo complex.
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The fire gutted the space where a boutique retailer operated his business. An employee working the nightshift at a local gas station said a blast was heard at about midnight. No one was hurt in the fire and the cause is still under investigation.
Enmax and ATCO were also called in to cut power and gas to the building. The fire was extinguished at about 5 a.m. Sunday but firefighters remained on scene for hours to manage hot spots and flare ups.