Monday, February 06, 2012 1:14 PM
EDMONTON - An investigation is underway into the cause of a fire that broke out late Sunday in a Fort McMurray condo building.
Emergency response teams were called around 11:30 p.m. to the blaze at the Parsons Landing condo complex, at 350 Parsons Creek Dr., in Fort McMurray’s Timberlea community, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo said Monday in a news release. Firefighters battled the blaze for two hours before declaring it under control. There were no reported injuries.
The fire was contained to the north wing of the complex, where it appears to have started, RCMP said in a news release. While a damage estimate has not yet been determined, “the level of property damage is considered to be significant.”
Residents of the condo building won’t be allowed to return to their homes for at least the next 24 to 48 hours, as investigators work to determine the building is safe for re-entry, RCMP said.
Classes were cancelled at nearby Ecole McTavish School where an evacuation centre was set up for displaced residents.
“We ask residents impacted by the fire go there where they can receive any sort of assistance they may require,” said spokesman Matthew Harrison.
He couldn’t say how many residents were displaced by the fire, but noted 125 people had already registered at the school by 10 a.m.
It’s not yet clear how many of the building’s 160 suites were damaged or destroyed in the blaze.
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| A massive blaze ripped through a condo building in Fort McMurray. |
EDMONTON - An investigation is underway into the cause of a fire that broke out late Sunday in a Fort McMurray condo building.
Emergency response teams were called around 11:30 p.m. to the blaze at the Parsons Landing condo complex, at 350 Parsons Creek Dr., in Fort McMurray’s Timberlea community, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo said Monday in a news release. Firefighters battled the blaze for two hours before declaring it under control. There were no reported injuries.
The fire was contained to the north wing of the complex, where it appears to have started, RCMP said in a news release. While a damage estimate has not yet been determined, “the level of property damage is considered to be significant.”
Residents of the condo building won’t be allowed to return to their homes for at least the next 24 to 48 hours, as investigators work to determine the building is safe for re-entry, RCMP said.
Classes were cancelled at nearby Ecole McTavish School where an evacuation centre was set up for displaced residents.
“We ask residents impacted by the fire go there where they can receive any sort of assistance they may require,” said spokesman Matthew Harrison.
He couldn’t say how many residents were displaced by the fire, but noted 125 people had already registered at the school by 10 a.m.
It’s not yet clear how many of the building’s 160 suites were damaged or destroyed in the blaze.
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