At roughly 6:00 pm on February 6, the Fort St. John Fireplace Division responded to studies of black smoke coming from a second-floor window at a residence situated above a business constructing at 8111 100 Avenue.
Crews arrived to discover a working hearth and initiated an aggressive hearth assault, deploying hose traces to carry the fireplace underneath management. A complete of 5 equipment and 15 firefighters responded to the incident.
The fireplace was shortly knocked down and introduced underneath management at roughly 6:15 PM. The occupant of the rental unit was not at residence throughout hearth suppression efforts. Firefighters stayed on scene to conduct overhaul operations and guarantee full extinguishment, checking for any remaining sizzling spots.
As a precaution through the hearth suppression, utilities to the affected unit within the constructing had been turned off by BC Hydro and PNG.
The reason for the fireplace stays underneath investigation. The RCMP has taken over the investigation, and any additional inquiries relating to the reason for the fireplace must be directed to the Fort St. John RCMP. The Fort St. John Fireplace Division will proceed to help the RCMP as wanted throughout this investigation.
Anybody with details about the fireplace ought to contact native RCMP.
