City fire crews responded to a structure fire at 313 Charlotte Street in between Ross and St. James Streets.
Five fire trucks are on the scene battling the blaze on Charlotte #SaintJohn #Sjnews pic.twitter.com/Vbn7Cs9qBm
— Matt Mabee (@mattmabee7) July 12, 2017
22 Firefighters battled the blaze and Platoon Chief Eric Garland says no one was in the building at the time of the fire.
When they arrived on the scene, fire crews discovered the fire traveling up the walls coming from the first floor of the three-storey building and it required the walls to be opened up.
Garland says at this point, he doesn’t believe the fire made it to the roof.
He says a number of pets were safely removed including a couple of dogs and a few kittens.
Two small dogs were safely removed from the apartment building #SaintJohn #Sjnews pic.twitter.com/LFYzVndSCM
— Matt Mabee (@mattmabee7) July 12, 2017
A kitten was also saved from the fire #SaintJohn #Sjnews pic.twitter.com/6S8AmYKc1x
— Matt Mabee (@mattmabee7) July 12, 2017
Make that two cats that have been removed from the structure fire on Charlotte #SaintJohn #Sjnews pic.twitter.com/OBQgMxxnjf
— Matt Mabee (@mattmabee7) July 12, 2017
Platoon Chief Eric Garland says no one was in the building at the time of the fire and all of the pets were removed safely #SaintJohn pic.twitter.com/CuuWimBFuJ
— Matt Mabee (@mattmabee7) July 12, 2017
10 people live in the apartment building and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
The fire on Charlotte has been put out and will be investigated to determine the cause #SaintJohn #Sjnews pic.twitter.com/juuIqiQSrJ
— Matt Mabee (@mattmabee7) July 12, 2017
