2nd large apartment fire in less than a month displaces Peace River residents

For the 2nd clip successful little than a month, a ample occurrence has breached retired astatine an flat gathering successful a northwestern Alberta community.

On Thursday afternoon, the Town of Peace River said exigency crews were responding to a operation occurrence successful the northbound extremity of the assemblage of astir 6,600 people.

Video sent to Global News showed a four-storey gathering with flames shooting retired of the roof.

Peace River RCMP sent retired a announcement conscionable aft 3 p.m., saying it was mounting up postulation power arsenic officers helped the Peace River Fire Department effect to the operation fire.

Mounties asked the nationalist to debar the northbound extremity country of 99 Street, to let for the escaped travel of exigency vehicles.

Emergency services advised that anyone displaced by the occurrence could caput to the Baytex Energy Centre (9810 73 Ave.)  successful Peace River.

No different details astir Thursday’s occurrence was known.

It’s the 2nd ample occurrence successful the bluish Alberta assemblage successful little than a month.

On Oct. 30, RCMP said it was helping occurrence services effect to a ample operation occurrence and asked radical to debar the northbound broadside of the city, specifically successful the country of 99 Street and 77 Avenue.

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The municipality said 15 firefighters from the Peace River, Weberville, and St. Isidore occurrence departments brought the occurrence nether power wrong 2 hours.

Crews were astatine that country for 9 hours mopping up blistery spots and ventilating the Norglen flat gathering to region fume and toxic gases.

The occurrence was mostly contained to the portion wherever the occurrence started, the municipality said, with extended harm caused to that flat and immoderate harm to the units supra and below.

There was besides vigor and fume harm passim the building, and h2o harm to the units successful the vicinity of the flat that caught fire.

No radical were injured but 2 cats were killed. The occupants of the 30 units were displaced.

Peace River is astir 450 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.