Author of the article: Dylan Short
Publishing date: May 14, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 2 minute read • Firefighters were on scene at a seniors home fire in St. Albert, Alberta on Friday May 7, 2021. The fire started at the Citadel Mews West seniors care facility around 8pm on Thursday evening. More than 100 seniors were forced to evacuate and find lodging elsewhere. and three were taken to hospital. Photo by Larry Wong /Postmedia
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A devastating fire at a St. Albert seniors’ care home last week began on a first floor patio, investigators have concluded as they continue to determine the exact cause.
Fire investigators have found the blaze started last Thursday on the ground floor of the Capital Mews continuing care centre and went undetected, allowing it to spread, reads a statement posted to the City of St. Albert’s website Friday. Flames spread from patio furniture to the underside of the deck above before spreading to the vinyl siding of the
By The Canadian Press on May 14, 2021.
Firefighters investigate a fire at the Citadel Mews retirement home in St. Albert, Alta., on Friday, May 7, 2021. Fire investigators say they have been unable to figure out what caused the fire at the Edmonton-area retirement and long-term care complex last week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
ST. ALBERT, Alta. – Fire investigators say they have been unable to figure out what caused a fire at an Edmonton-area retirement and long-term care complex last week.
Residents were forced to leave when the fire at the Citadel Mews West Continuing Care Facility in St. Albert broke out on May 6.
Crews from Edmonton, Morinville, Spruce Grove and Strathcona County also helped battle the blaze through the night
Author of the article: Dustin Cook, Jeff Labine
Publishing date: May 07, 2021 • 5 hours ago • 4 minute read • Firefighters were on scene at a seniors home fire in St. Albert on Friday May 7, 2021. The fire started at the Citadel Mews West seniors care facility around 8 p.m. on Thursday evening. More than 100 seniors were forced to evacuate and find lodging elsewhere. and three were taken to hospital. Photo by Larry Wong /Postmedia
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A massive blaze at a north St. Albert seniors’ complex that displaced more than 160 residents overnight was extinguished Friday morning as support from the community poured in.
Posted: May 07, 2021 6:22 PM MT | Last Updated: May 8
About 100 people were evacuated from the Citadel Mews Continuing Care Facility in St. Albert Thursday night.(Min Dhariwal/CBC)
Good Samaritans, fire crews, police and staff are being praised for helping more than 200 people escape two seniors buildings in St. Albert safely Thursday evening.
The Citadel Mews West Continuing Care Facility caught fire just before 8 p.m., and bystanders, local residents and staff rushed to help get residents out the doors.
Richard Belley s 86-year-old father, Maurice, had lived in the residence for five or six years and was among the 100 from that building to be evacuated.
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