Yesterday night at 7:18 pm, the Metropolis of Fort St. John Fireplace Division obtained a report of a construction fireplace at Cedar Village within the 10600 block of 102 Road. 5 minutes later, the on-duty crew consisting of 4 firefighters arrived on the scene to discover a working fireplace on the rear of one of many complexes. With help from our mutual help companions, a further 4 fireplace equipment, 5 command autos and 26 firefighters arrived shortly after.
They rapidly managed to extinguish the outside fireplace; nonetheless, the hearth unfold into the attic area. As a result of fast motion of the firefighters, many of the fireplace injury was contained to the attic area, which was extinguished simply earlier than 9 pm, and there was solely minor smoke and water injury to the second ground of the townhouses.
“We’re grateful to our well-trained crew and mutual help companions for his or her fast actions to restrict the injury attributable to this fireplace. We’d prefer to remind everybody to make sure they’ve working smoke alarms put in all through their home and to test them repeatedly,” acknowledged Fort St. John Fireplace Division Chief Robert Norton.
All of the occupants safely evacuated shortly after crews arrived, and there have been no accidents reported. The Fort St. John Fireplace Division continues to analyze the reason for the hearth.
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