'It's a pretty traumatic thing': Resident of Rosthern apartment recounts son's exit from burning building

A person is dead following a fire in a Rosthern, Sask. apartment building, according to RCMP.

A person is dead following a fire in a Rosthern, Sask. apartment building, according to RCMP.

Emergency responders were called to the building on 4th Avenue in Rosthern around 9 a.m. Thursday, RCMP said in a news release.

All other residents evacuated from the building safely, RCMP said.

Apartment resident Gilbert Baldhead was at work when he received a call from his 19-year-old son saying their building was on fire.

Baldhead says he could see smoke from the highway as he rushed back into town to meet him.

“He was pretty shaken up. He told me what he went through helping the family below us; helping a mother and a child out the front door. Their kids were evacuated on the balcony,” he said.