
Charlottetown apartment building destroyed in fire
CBC
An apartment building in northeast Charlottetown was destroyed by a fire Monday night, but officials say there were no serious injuries.
Charlottetown deputy fire chief Kent Mitchell said fire alarms in the building went off about 1 a.m.
"It's still an active scene," said Mitchell, who was still on the scene at 7 a.m. "Everybody got out, everybody's OK. There's some injuries."
Mitchell said they were not serious but didn't have any further details.
The 20-unit building at 6 Elena Court, near the intersection on the bypass highway in East Royalty, had about 40 people living in it, said Mitchell.
He said the building is being torn down so firefighters can get water on the remaining hot spots.
The fire was intense, said Mitchell, and there was some heat damage to adjacent buildings.
"We did evacuate some of the surrounding buildings. It was a full-blown structure fire here with a lot of exposures around the building," he said.
The cause of the fire has not been determined. The fire inspector is on site but will have to wait until the fire is completely out to begin investigating.
T3 Transit has rerouted some buses around the fire scene.