Fire rips through McKenzie Towne apartment's roof, displacing dozens
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Dozens of people are displaced after a fire ripped through the roof of an apartment building in McKenzie Towne Sunday night.
Dozens of people are displaced after a fire ripped through the roof of an apartment building in McKenzie Towne Sunday night.
Fire crews were called to Prestwick Villas around 10 p.m.
When firefighters arrived, they found significant smoke and flames coming from an exterior corner.
The Calgary Fire Department said flames quickly spread across the entire roof, prompting them to call a second alarm to bring more crews to the scene.
Crews attacked the blaze from the ground and from above using aerial apparatus. Firefighters also tried extinguishing it from inside after finishing searching the building.
Exposure lines were used by crews to protect the condo building on all sides of the burnt complex, ensuring the damage was limited to just one building.
One resident of the building said you could hear explosions while it was burning.
