Two cats were found dead after firefighters responded to a blaze at a north Edmonton apartment building on Wednesday night.
A fire official said crews were called to a fire at a three-storey building in the area of 132 Avenue and 69 Street at about 8:30 p.m.
“They found smoke and flames coming from a third-floor window. Crews proceeded in and knocked down the fire within about 15 minutes,” district chief Howard Samycia said.
“It’s an older building so the fire does creep into some of the hidden spaces, but it just means we have to disassemble a lot more to get the fire out.”
In total, 30 firefighters from four fire halls were called to the scene, Samycia said.
Nobody was in the suite at the time and no humans were injured in the fire.
“Unfortunately, in the fire suite we did have two deceases pets,” Samycia said. “They were cats.”
The fire prompted an evacuation of the building. None of its residents were allowed back in Wednesday night.
Shortly after 9:30 p.m., 132 Avenue was closed in both directions to allow emergency crews to do their work.
It was not immediately clear how the fire started or how extensive the damage was.
With files from Caley Ramsay, Global News.