Fire breaks out while Edmonton police carry out court order; 7 people hospitalized
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Seven people were taken to hospital from the scene of a fire south of Whyte Avenue early Friday morning.
Seven people were taken to hospital from the scene of a fire south of Whyte Avenue early Friday morning.
The blaze at 10745 79 Ave. NW, an apartment building called Blue Ice Properties, was reported around 12:45 a.m., although police were on scene hours earlier.
According to Edmonton Police Service, it was asked to help another police agency carry out a court order against a male who had barricaded himself inside his suite.
Negotiations with him started at 5 p.m.
"While police were on scene, a fire broke out in the suite where the subject male resided, and the building had to be evacuated," an EPS spokesperson said in an email.
They did not say how the flames broke out.
Firefighters arrived within five minutes, according to Edmonton Fire Rescue Services.
