Saskatoon apartment balcony blazes after smoking material starts fire – Saskatoon | 24CA News
A Saskatoon residence balcony caught on hearth early Saturday morning after smoking materials wasn’t totally put out.
The Saskatoon Fire Department obtained a name {that a} balcony within the 300 block of Girgulis Crescent had caught on hearth at 5:45 a.m. Saturday morning.
The hearth investigator confirmed that the fireplace began on a first-floor balcony and stretched to the second-floor balcony.
Residents within the constructing had tried to place out the fireplace with extinguishers but it surely solely slowed the flames.
One man had minor burns on his hand and two others had been lower breaking the protecting covers on the fireplace extinguisher cupboards.
Fire crews had the flames underneath management inside half an hour and completed the job.
The damages are estimated to value $20,000.
The Saskatoon Fire Department is reminding everybody to eliminate smoking materials in a lidded glass jar with water in it.
