The Calgary Police Service’s arson unit has been called out to help investigate a suspicious fire at a strip mall in the city’s northeast early Monday morning.
The Calgary Fire Department said the call came in around 5:30 a.m. to the strip mall along Rundlehorn Drive, just off 50 street N.E.
When firefighters arrived, flames were coming out of the front window of a dry cleaning business, where the fire is believed to have started.
Fire department (CFD) spokesperson Carol Henke said it took about 20 minutes to knock the fire down.
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There were no injuries, but the blaze caused extensive damage to the drycleaning business and smoke damage to the businesses on either side of it.
“It is being considered suspicious at this point,” said Henke.
A CFD hazmat team has also been called in.
“Definitely there are a lot of chemicals because it is a drycleaning business,” added Henke.
“The fire did reach quite high temperatures, so there is a lot of fire and smoke damage — and the hazmat team will be going to the scene to follow up and ensure the air quality is getting better and all those gases are dissipating.”
The Calgary Fire Department is making a public plea for information about a fire in a strip mall in northeast Calgary early Monday morning.
Investigators are asking any members of the public who have photos, video or other information about the fire, particularly before firefighters arrived on scene, to contact them at piofire@calgary.ca.
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