The Medicine Hat Fire Department worked to put out a four-plex fire on Saturday afternoon (Medicine Hat Fire Department/Facebook)

By Tiffany Goodwein

Investigation ongoing following fire in four-plex

Jan 30, 2021 | 7:50 PM

MEDICINE HAT, AB- Residents inside a four-plex on Dunmore Road, are spending the night elsewhere after a fire occurred inside their building Saturday afternoon.

Medicine Hat Platoon Chief Lane Lindsay said crews responded to the fire at around 3:50 p.m.

“They knocked down the structure fire inside one of the units, but because of the smoke and working conditions, they had to evacuate all four units,” Platoon Chief Lindsay said.

“ We had our Fire Chaplain there to assist with getting people occupancy somewhere tonight, and I believe they went to a hotel,” he added, noting there were no injuries.

Platoon Chief Lindsay was unable to confirm the exact number of people displaced but he said all four units were occupied.

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The exact cause of the fire is unknown.

Platoon Chief Lindsay said the fire was put out near an electrical outlet situated on an interior wall. Fire crews did a trench cut to the roof in order to help extinguish the blaze.

The fire is still under investigation.