Firefighters responded to an alarm at Samaritan Place, a four-storey supportive housing complex at 720 Nicol St., shortly before 6 a.m. Sunday, June 16.
As firefighters entered the building they also encountered residents leaving the building via the stairwells and helped them get outside. Libbus said there was thick smoke in the third-floor hallway. No one was injured, but there was smoke damage to the building's third floor and water damage to the third and second floor, which forced the building to remain evacuated. Two buses were brought in to temporarily shelter the residents while the city's emergency support services co-ordinated temporary lodging for the 51 displaced residents. They were taken to Bowen Park Activity Centre while temporary lodging was arranged at Newcastle Place, 250 Terminal Ave.
A restoration company has been called in to repair water damage and restore the building's fire suppression sprinkler system.
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