One person removed from apartment complex fire

One person removed from apartment complex fire

CORNWALL, Ontario – One person had to be removed from a fire at an east-end Cornwall apartment complex.

Cornwall Fire Department officials said in a release the fire was contained to one apartment at 15 Edward Street.

The status of the individual removed from the apartment is not known. Police forensic units and EMS were on the scene as well.

Some 17 fierfighters and four vehicles responded to the fire that was sparked at around 6:20 p.m. Sunday night.

It marked the second Easter weekend fire after a person was killed Thursday night in a tragic blaze on Sixth Street.

Investigators are still combing through the apartment complex to determine the cause of Sunday’s fire.

More to come.

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