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A balcony fireplace at a northeast Calgary condominium constructing despatched a person to hospital Tuesday afternoon.
The Calgary Fireplace Division had been alerted to a hearth within the Pineridge House Advanced at 433 Pinestream Place N.E. round 12:30 p.m.
“When fireplace crews arrived, they did a fast assault. The fireplace did make its approach into the unit,” CFD public data officer Carol Henke mentioned.
Firefighters used foam as a part of their firefighting efforts.
“As a result of it was an out of doors fireplace, it may well develop extremely shortly. We had vital winds right now, so to maintain the fireplace from spreading to different models, a fast assault was actually essential.”
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Henke mentioned two suites had been broken within the fireplace.
“One grownup male did attempt to struggle the fireplace and sustained some burn accidents and he was taken to hospital by EMS,” she mentioned.
The constructing was evacuated and metropolis transit buses had been referred to as in to supply short-term shelter. Residents of surrounding models will probably be allowed again in as soon as air high quality assessments present it’s secure to re-enter.
Anybody with photographs or video of the fireplace previous to CFD’s arrival is inspired to ship them to piofire@calgary.ca.
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