House Fire 1100 Block Finlayson

Smoking materials are believed to be the cause of a fire that damaged a basement suite at a house in the 1100 block of Finlayson Street on December 18, 2007. 9-1-1 calls were received at dispatch just before 3:00pm, and 2 pumpers, 1 ladder, 1 rescue and the command vehicle responded. Smoke and flames could be seen coming from the basement window on the front side of the building by arriving crews, who worked quickly to extinguish the blaze. There were no injuries on scene, but damages are estimated at approximately $100,000.

View of the fire scene from the west side.

Firefighters locate one of the tenants pets, a small cat who had fled the fire onto a roof.

FF Rutherford switches out Scott bottles as crews pack up equipment.

P/Cpt Wells, and FF McNeil examine the burned out basement with Chief Inspector Anderson.

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