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Edmonton firefighters battle blaze at vacant hangar in Blatchford neighbourhood

Plumes of smoke filled the sky over Edmonton's Blatchford neighbourhood Thursday morning as firefighters worked to extinguish a blaze at a vacant hangar. Global News

Plumes of smoke filled the sky over Edmonton’s Blatchford neighbourhood Thursday morning as firefighters worked to extinguish a blaze at a vacant airplane hangar.

Fire crews responded to the building near 121st Street and 120th Avenue around 3 a.m.

A spokesperson with Edmonton Fire Rescue Services told Global News the smoke and flames were visible from an office corridor linking two hangar bays on the property.

A second alarm was called at 3:19 a.m. The blaze appeared to be contained to the corridor and did not spread to the hangars.

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No injuries were reported and no one was inside the building at the time.

The building, formerly called the Spar Aerospace facility, has been vacant for a number of years after the municipal airport shut down and the area was transformed into residential.

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Spar Aerospace closed its Edmonton doors in 2009.

The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. An investigation is underway.

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