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Woman taken to hospital following apartment fire in Moncton

Emergency calls increased as restrictions lifted. Callum Smith / Global News

A woman had to be taken to the hospital early Saturday morning following a fire in a seniors’ apartment building.

Moncton Fire platoon chief Rob Brine says the fire at the 10-storey building was reported by a person delivering papers at around 4:30 a.m.

Crews from three stations arrived to find the stairwell on the eighth floor full of smoke, according to Brine, and the entire building had to be evacuated.

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Brine says some elders that were non-mobile had to be carried out, but there were no serious injuries.

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The cause of the fire is still being investigated, but Brine says it appears to have started in kitchen area.

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With files from Callum Smith. 

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