THUNDER BAY – A person was rushed to hospital with undetermined injuries and all tenants were evacuated after a fire broke out at a Bertrand Court apartment.
Thunder Bay Fire Rescue say they received a call at approximately 4:20 a.m. on Tuesday, reporting heavy smoke in the main hallway of the Court Street complex.
Upon arrival, residents were already evacuating the building.
An aggressive interior attack was begun, a hose threaded through the hallway to an apartment unit that was fully involved in fire.
Efforts were complicated by evacuating tenants making their way through the hallway.
After additional crews arrived to help with evacuation efforts, firefighters were able to extinguish the fire in quick fashion and used positive pressure ventilation techniques to exhaust the heavy smoke that filled the hallways.
The victim’s status remains unknown at the time and Thunder Bay Fire Rescue remains on scene to determine the cause of the fire.
TBFR say business owners and residents are reminded of the importance of having working smoke detectors as an early alert for building occupants.
A fire destroyed an apartment at Bertrand Court in November 2016.
