Heavy smoke at SAIT prompts fire response, evacuation

Calgary Fire Department crews responded to heavy smoke coming out of a building at SAIT and 100 people were evacuated midday Friday.

CFD said at around 11 a.m. the heavy smoke was coming from the second floor of the Aldred Centre, which contains a welding shop.

Fire crews entered and found large volumes of smoke and near zero visibility.

“Firefighters located the fire in an air filtration unit in the shop and utilized both extinguishers and hose lines to bring the fire under control,” a CFD statement said. “The fire was brought under control and confined to the air filtration unit.”

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Investigators remain on the scene to investigate the issue.

The Aldred Centre, which houses SAIT’s school of construction and its applied research and innovation services, is expected to be closed for the next 24 hours.

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