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Fire crews battle roof fire in Airways Industrial area

| August 25, 2011 | 0 Comments

Fire crews were called out to a roof fire at a business in the Airways Industrial area Wednesday just after 9 p.m.

When crews arrived at the building in the 2600 block of 18 St N.E., they were met with fire and black smoke from the middle roof area of an 11 unit warehouse complex.

Crews quickly went to work and extinguished the fire and also checked the businesses in the building for smoke or fire spread.  Firefighters had contained the fire to the roof of the building.

The building’s roof  was under restoration by a roofing contractor.  The fire is under investigation.

  

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