A fire Saturday evening forced the evacuation of more than a dozen units of an apartment building in St. John’s.
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says the fire call came in just before 6 p.m.
The RNC says that it, along with St. John’s Regional Fire Services and the Eastern Health Ambulance service all responded.
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It says the fire was contained to a single unit of the building on Bay Bulls Road in the Kilbride neighbourhood, however, water damage left 14 other units in the building uninhabitable as well.
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No injuries were reported.
There was no immediate word on the cause of the fire but the RNC say the incident is being investigated by the Criminal Investigation Division.
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