Part of a seniors home destroyed
Posted Dec 30, 2011 8:20 pm.
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The east-wing of a Canmore seniors home has been destroyed by fire.
Emergency officials were called to the 13th Street facility at 3:45 a.m. Friday morning.
Canmore RCMP S/Sgt. Brad Freer says investigators are still trying to determine a cause.
“The staff there did an excellent job in getting the citizens out of the lodge and into safety, and at this point, there have been no reported injuries or deaths,” he says.
Freer says there are six to eight rooms are uninhabitable at this point.
Sixteen residents have been displaced and have been housed at the Bow River Seniors Lodge or with friends and family.
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