A Saturday morning fire caused extensive damage to an office building in Downtown Moncton.
According to Platoon Chief Brian McDonald, The Moncton Fire department responded to a report of an automatic fire alarm in a building located at 171 Lutz Street around 9 a.m.
Teams from four of the city’s five fire stations worked tirelessly to put out a fire found on the building’s first floor. After successfully extinguishing the fire found on the first level, firefighters discovered that the flames had extended into the ceilings, floors and walls of the second floor.
MFD conducted an extensive overhaul that required firefighters to tear open the ceilings, floors and walls in order to successfully extinguish the fire.
“The building is intact and is certainly repairable; however, there is extensive damage to the inside of the building,” says McDonald.
Damage to the exterior was minimal, with a few windows broken.
The Platoon Chief notes that only one employee was at the building this morning, and there were no injuries.
While parts of Main Street had been blocked off for access to a fire hydrant, McDonald says it has since been opened back up.
Codiac RCMP, Ambulance NB and NB Power all arrived on the scene along with MFD.
Moncton Fire Investigators are working to determine the cause of the Saturday morning blaze.
