Prince Rupert Fire Rescue responds to downtown fire

Roads are blocked and traffic has been re-routed along a stretch of 2nd Avenue West in the city as Prince Rupert Fire Rescue puts the finishing efforts on an early morning alarm that has caused significant damage to a downtown apartment building.

The building known as the Epicurean building caught fire in the early hours of Friday morning, adding to the list of downtown structures that have suffered a similar fate in recent years.Friday morning’s fire is located just one block away from last years fire at the Inlander on the same street…

(from  the blog a town called podunk, click on the link below to see the entire article atowncalledpodunk.blogspot.com/2 … ds-to.html  )