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Downtown Hamilton fire injures 2 on Sunday night

A $500,000 downtown Hamilton fire caused by unattended cooking. Don Mitchell / Global News

Damage is set at $400,000 after a fire that broke out downtown late Sunday.

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Just before midnight, the Hamilton Fire Department was sent to a home that had been converted into apartments at 52 Charlton Ave. W. near McNab.

Most of the tenants got out unharmed.

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A search of the 2.5-storey house was done and a woman was found to be suffering from smoke inhalation. She was treated and released from hospital.

A firefighter was injured by a piece of falling ceiling and was treated and released.

The cause is listed as a space heater.

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